Verticutting Cleans & Thins, improves mowing

1/26/18

Verticutt 1/26/18

What is thatch and why remove it?

All grasses benefit from Verticutting

Thatch is the layer of undecomposed, stolons, roots, and crowns intermingled with soil (picture above). Leaving clippings on the lawn does not cause thatch because clippings are readily broken down by microbes in the soil. Thatch development is greatest in grass that is over fertilized or overwatered. An excessive thatch layer reduces water penetration and can bind up fertilizer or pesticides. In severe cases, roots may be seen actually growing above ground and rooting into the thatch layer. This is a very unhealthy condition and leaves the lawn vulnerable to many stresses.

Are you looking for a Landscape Industry Business?

It is time to retire, if you are interested in my business please contact me. On this blog and www.verticutting.com you will find all about this perfect business opportunity.

You can operate as a part-time business, or as an excellent business to complement an existing landscape maintenance business. Training is also available.

Contact York: york.ysta@gmail.com or 727 455 7337

1. The original Ryan Verticutter

3. Then I built the only Verticutter designed for St. Augustine grasses

2. Then the newer so-called improved version

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Call now for the $50 discount/

Verticutting cleans, thins,
 removes thatch, and improves mowing

Wow, sign-up now before the end of Janurary, in Pinellas County only for the $50 discount.

Contact York

727 455 7337

york.ysta@gmail.com

We ask all customers

1. Have the grass mowed as close to Verticutting day as possible?
2. All sprinklers marked and or cleaned around.
3. Sprinklers turned off.

Why does my lawn need Verticutting/

1. Every type of grass creates thatch.
2. Thatch accumulates naturally.
3. Over fertilization contributes to thatch.
4. Removing the thatch opens up the lawn allowing water, fertilizers, pesticides and the sun to reach the root system better.
5. Over watering, and over fertilizing increase the top growth.
6. The most popular grass in Central and So. Florida is St. Augustine.
7. Unlike most other grasses St. Augustine's will grow in layers, making mowing more difficult.
8. The layering magnifies all the problems stated above.
9. Then if your mowing with your trusty 21" mower, in the cool Florida sun, you may need a cold beer break every 20 minutes?

The true story of Verticutters here in TampaBay

1) The original Ryan Verticutter, when it died
parts were not available to repair the gearbox.

2) Then I found 2 of these newer model Verticutters stuck back in the corner of a mower shop.
The company who was at one time plastering the back page of the TV Dail ( Sunday St. Petersburg Times)
with verticutting ads, had given up on Verticutting?  At that time I didn't know why.

3) Then we Verticutt the soccer field above and this lawn in Seminole, both Bermuda grass.

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5) Then we found out why the contractor was out of the  Verticutting business?
This machine was tearing out the grass, not cutting it like in the photo below!

6) After we almost destroyed some St. Augustine lawns, we built the machine above.

7) The finished product

Is it really a man's world?

Guys, think back to when you and your wife went house hunting?
Let me tell you a story about lawns, shopping, and marriage.

  Here in Pinellas County St. Augustine lawns are so out of control. One reason, my opinion, over watering, with (reclaimed water ) which adds more nutrients, plus over fertilizing and wives.

 But you may think it's the lawn spray programs fault (maybe) or is it just a catch 22?

If you're in the lawn spray business, you think I am crazy? You say these lawns need fertilizing, pest control and weed control, every other month?

 So the catch 22, OK, I will draw an (analogy) between makeup for women and lawn spray programs! ( You now think I am crazy)
 For years I have wondered why women wear makeup and most men don't?  Simple some smart business man years ago figured out how to make more money!  

 Now the lawn spray industry has lots of money tied up in equipment, employees to pay, and wife's, who want to go shopping for makeup and stuff!! eke.

But maybe the idea spraying lawns more often was not dreamed up by that guy or even a man?  Could it be retaliation by women?  Please follow my thinking, it’s Saturday morning, your wife wakes you early, honey she says, you know I have to go shopping, and I need your opinion on stuff!! So please mow the lawn.

So follow, what if it was a woman who dreamed up the greener lawn, not men, and yes it's that poor guy who slaved all week!  He has to get out in the hot sun and push his trusty mower thru that lush, perfect weedless expanse surrounding your abode?
 Just to take his wife shopping!

Guys, think back to when you and your wife went house hunting?  You didn’t know then about this shopping conspiracy, aka, the lush green lawn, did you?

Yes, it has been said this massive plot/conspiracy was hatched in a women's restroom, hard to believe isn't it, not really.  Think back to the last time you were at a party or out to dinner with friends. Did your wife go to the restroom alone?  If you didn’t know that’s where it all happens; the conspiracy I mean.

Ok, let's go back to the house hunting part, just in case you didn’t know women are smarter than you know, even if they're blonde!   Its right men look at the yard, the garage, the basement, that's part of the man castle stuff. We want to cut, saw, fix, build, invent and watch the game with a fresh imported beer, with no interruptions, like ( honey, do I look ok in these slacks?)

What you didn't know,  in the house hunting phase, she knew you admired a great lawn; you wanted that man castle stuff. Even when her eyes glazed over when you talk about that SS Camaro you want to restore in (your) garage.
And then as guys show up at the man castle, and you plot, aka, like in the women's restroom, hehe.

They chat do you have to take your wife shopping?  Is your lawn almost impossible to mow?  Have you heard about this Verticutting thing?


And I will say " real men don't shop with their wives " unless you're a saint? Or just bring your copy of 'Atlas Shrugged ' just 1200 pages! It could take that long.
 Now you all think I am a wacko?  Maybe?  Just make your life easier, and your wife happy, and verticutt that lawn.
The caveat, the next time they go to the ladies room, she will tell what a wonderful husband you are!

Make an appointment now for the fall Verticutting season and save $50.

Contact York: 727 455 7337 or york.ysta@gmail.com