Newbie needs some advice

[asetech]

Hi guys,

I tried doing a search but could not find much. I am new to all of this stuff so please forgive my ignorance. I recently moved to NC. I have a house on roughly 10 acres of what used to be farm land. I got me a JD 4410 with a 5ft brush hog and mowed down the whole thing down. It is completly flat area but a very bumpy ride while brush hogging. I need some suggestions to fix that. Would I use a box scraper or possibly a landscape rake? I have no plans to seed any areas I just need to smooth out the ride so to speak.

Thanks.

 

[Soundguy]

If it is grassed.. and it is bumpy.. I'm afriad the best way to smooth it is to disc the heck out of it... Disc one direction.. then cross disc.. might use a chain matt to drag, and /or even a lawn roller or telephone pole section..

If it was a limited area.. you could spread a few inches of soil and let the grass come thru.. or if it was not grassed.. box scraper would be a great idea.

In most cases.. weeds and native grass will survive a discing.. multiple sucessive discings will thin the vegitation.

Soundguy

 

[Pooh_Bear]

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The grass is too thick in my yard.
Are you saying this will thin it out.

It is so thick in places I can't hardly mow it.
It even bogs down the 8N with the rotary cutter on it.

Pooh Bear

 

[Farwell]

I have a 3/4 acre area that once had very thick lawn on it, (weeds, etc.). About once a month I thin it with my disc by going over it with successive diskings, guess what, that definitely does thin it out, in fact it does such a good job that I no longer have to spend 30 minutes to an hour mowing it every few weeks. It also helps get rid of the bumpy spots if I run my drag over it a few times.
Farwell

 

[Soundguy]

Pooh:

Yes.. discing lawn will thin it.. and if it bogs yer tractor down.. you need to mow it more often, or take smaller bites.

Soundguy

 

[JerryG]

<font color="blue"> you need to mow it more often, or take smaller bites. </font>
Bigger tractor? /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif

 

[Pooh_Bear]

Last time I mowed I let it get away from me a bit.
Had to cut most of it with the bush hog.
And had a couple of spots that it bogged down.
This is the thickest grass I have ever seen.
And it just keeps getting healthier this year.
I need to do something to thin it out soon.
I'm thinking a light spraying with Round Up.

Pooh Bear

 

[JerryG]

If you use Round Up on it, that will kill all of it.
You could mow it more often.
(or)
You could mow it twice, one time about 12 - 18", then come back for a second round and mow it at the height that you want it.

 

[Pooh_Bear]

I don't think the problem is it getting too high.
It is just too thick. Too dense.
I mow it about ever week and a half or 2 weeks.
At about 10 days I can mow it but it is thick in places.
At 2 weeks I have to use the bush hog on most of it.
I never seen grass like this before.

Round Up......Kill all of it.......Hmmmm...........
Don't tempt me like that.

Pooh Bear

 

[asetech]

Sound guy,

It sounds like there is no easy solution to my situation. Do you think a powered landscape rake may work for me? I realize it will churn everything up but it looks like it may smooth the whole thing out and I am sure that it will come back green afterwards. If so do you have any idea how much one may go for? I see quite a few manufactures on the internet but no one has a price (That probably means expensive /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif).

Thanks