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1. David Brudwick

   

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   8/19/2014 7:08 PM

   Just a quick question. I hear some superintends will verticut a path down the middle of a green then they come up the same pass the opposite direction. Whats the benefit of doing it this way ? Wouldn't it be better to go in two different directions??? Just looking for a little feed back... Thanks

   
   
   
   
2. Johnson Aaron M

   
   8/19/2014 8:08 PM

   I did this in Northern AZ with Poa greens that were extremely thatchy. We had a USGA TAS day visit and they suggested it. Said that it would pull a lot of material and it really did. I think it would open the channels well if you were going to topdress directly after it. Going the backtrack mowing route, we did pull a lot more material out of the greens versus diamond or criss cross.

   
   
   
   
3. Andy Jorgensen

   

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   8/20/2014 5:08 AM

   I've noticed that it pulls more material out than changing directions. I think it has to do with you are going back across the grain and cutting what your first past lifted up.

   
   
   
   
4. Mike Hundley

   

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   8/22/2014 3:08 PM

   Matter of going with the grain and against the grain all in one pass. Grain can run different ways that one pass across the green. You can tell the difference within the one pass across a green. Certain areas will yield more output within that one pass versus others. However, when you turn around and go the other way, the opposite will happen. Hope not too confusing.

   
   
   
   
5. Jeffrey Sexton

   

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   8/22/2014 4:08 PM

   Are you guys verticutting your clean up circles (running the triplex around on the clean up circle)? It seems like every time I do it tears up areas? Any thoughts.
   
   Jeff Sexton
   Evansville CC

   
   
   
   
6. Anthony Nysse

   

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   8/25/2014 5:08 AM

   This is the ONLY way we verticut greens. Down and back, in 2 different directions.

   
   
   
   
7. James Schmid

   

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   8/25/2014 11:08 AM

   Down and back - right into the collar , no cleanup

   
   
   
   
8. Jeremy Hreben

   

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   8/25/2014 8:08 PM

   When I was in Florida on Tifeagle I did down and back. Now I am on bent/poa so I just tickle them. I NEVER turn with the verticutter. I will take it straight into the collar. Before I did this, I found my cleanup areas would get very thatchy

   
   
   
   
9. David Brudwick

   

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   8/25/2014 8:08 PM

   Jeffrey Sexton said: Are you guys verticutting your clean up circles (running the triplex around on the clean up circle)? It seems like every time I do it tears up areas? Any thoughts.
   
   Jeff Sexton
   Evansville CC

   
   I will do a clean up circle but I know the areas that I need to pick up the blades. If I don't, certain areas get pretty chewed up. My collars have a lot of thatch, so when I verticut them I have to raise the height of the verticutters. Once I get the collars thatch under control I will verticut the collars the same height as the greens. My height is level verticutting the greens and I'm six turns to the positive on the collars.

   
   
   
   
10. James Smith

    

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    8/29/2014 1:08 PM

    before we got Tifeagle I had done it the way my last Superintendent did which was checkerboarding them. After We planted TifEagle though we noticed if you did it that way they were really checkerboarded because you would see verticutting lines going against the grain and hardly any lines with the grain and a lot of thatch came out against the grain. It just made sense to go right back over the same line twice so the greens were consistant. I also implimented us strickly using North and South or east and west verticutting in order to try to keep the greens as consistant as possible. That was 15 years ago and never changed since! It takes a little longer but produces a better product.
    
    Try it once starting in the middle of your green. on one side do it our way and on the other do it the checkeboard way! See how much thatch you have on each side of your green and look at the verticutting pattern on both sides and decide which way works best for you.

    
    
    
    
11. James Smith

    

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    8/29/2014 1:08 PM

    before we got Tifeagle I had done it the way my last Superintendent did which was checkerboarding them. After We planted TifEagle though we noticed if you did it that way they were really checkerboarded because you would see verticutting lines going against the grain and hardly any lines with the grain and a lot of thatch came out against the grain. It just made sense to go right back over the same line twice so the greens were consistant. I also implimented us strickly using North and South or east and west verticutting in order to try to keep the greens as consistant as possible. That was 15 years ago and never changed since! It takes a little longer but produces a better product.
    
    Try it once starting in the middle of your green. on one side do it our way and on the other do it the checkeboard way! See how much thatch you have on each side of your green and look at the verticutting pattern on both sides and decide which way works best for you.