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<blockquote data-quote="SRBeef" data-source="post: 842175" data-attributes="member: 7509"><p></p></blockquote><p></p><p>I suggest a harrow like one of these: <a href="http://www.wingfields.com/harrows.htm" target="_blank">http://www.wingfields.com/harrows.htm</a> to both spread manure and rake the sod. Dragging heavy tires around over growing sod damages the young tender growth and tillers you are trying to encourage, especially if the ground is a bit damp. Raking grass encourages growth. Dragging a heavy, high-friction rough object over growing grass may spread some manure but has to hurt new growth grass. </p><p></p><p>We may think of ourselves as cattlemen or ranchers but most of us are really grass farmers with 4-legged harvesting machines.</p><p></p><p>By the way here is an interesting short explanation of grass growth from Iowa State University: </p><p><a href="http://www.extension.iastate.edu/Publications/PM1791.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.extension.iastate.edu/Publications/PM1791.pdf</a></p><p></p><p>jmho.</p><p></p><p>Jim</p><p>[/QUOTE]</p>
[QUOTE="SRBeef, post: 842175, member: 7509"] [/quote] I suggest a harrow like one of these: [url]http://www.wingfields.com/harrows.htm[/url] to both spread manure and rake the sod. Dragging heavy tires around over growing sod damages the young tender growth and tillers you are trying to encourage, especially if the ground is a bit damp. Raking grass encourages growth. Dragging a heavy, high-friction rough object over growing grass may spread some manure but has to hurt new growth grass. We may think of ourselves as cattlemen or ranchers but most of us are really grass farmers with 4-legged harvesting machines. By the way here is an interesting short explanation of grass growth from Iowa State University: [url]http://www.extension.iastate.edu/Publications/PM1791.pdf[/url] jmho. Jim [/QUOTE]
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