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Advice sought on removing (dead) grass growing through artificial grass?

Posted by Tim Wallach on May 1, 2020 at 8:00pm in Pesticides

It's an elderly astroturf variety, maybe 20+ years old laid on slate chippings and sand.  It has been inadequately maintained and clumps of moss and grass are abundent.

The moss and grass have been killed with glyphosate.  Superficial moss and general debris removed with kombi-KB KM bristle brush. (Absolute leg killer because there is huge resistance and the brush drives me back all the time).

 

Individual grasses need to be teased from the astroturf with a wire hand 4629340684?profile=RESIZE_710xbrush and finger-and-thumb.  Any suggestions to improve efficiency? 

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  • Colin Hunt May 2, 2020 at 8:35am

    Depending on how fussy your customer is, the grass will degrade over a few weeks and should brush away quite easily.  You may well that birds will pull do half the job to be used as nesting material!!

     

    • Tim Wallach > Colin Hunt May 2, 2020 at 7:19pm

      thanks, I'll update! 

  • David Benson May 2, 2020 at 10:48pm

    if its 20 years old its redy for replacing as the underside will be braking up and allowing the weeds to germinate it will not last forever

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    Honey Badger May 3, 2020 at 12:40pm

    I use that kombi brush with the mm56, I just flip the gear box so it runs forward, much easier. Great for brushing in lawn top dressing.

    • Tim Wallach > Honey Badger May 3, 2020 at 9:00pm

      (The scary hazard diagrams put me off doing that!!)

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        Honey Badger > Tim Wallach May 3, 2020 at 9:49pm

        I defo would not do that with a kombi engine, I've been doing it for years with stil multi-engine mm56. I seem to get a nice static shock from artificial grass.

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