Bed edging waste- how do you dispose?

[mo-fleet]

Wondering what you guys do with your edging waste when you're edging beds. I usually haul it and dump it in the woods, but it's too much labor. I was thinking of just burrying the waste under the new mulch. My fear is that the roots from the sod will grow through the mulch later on. How do you guys get rid of it?

[gqnine44]

Getting rid of edging sucks but I dont know another way to do it than you described. If you flip it green side down and smash it into the ground it wont grow through the mulch but it isnt really good for the plants to continually do this. We do it sometimes to save a little dump time and labor.

[DRM Ventures]

Use a power bed edger and it will just be pulverized soil.....smooth it out in the bed with a garden rake and mulch away......no extra labor

Derek

[Jerry and Sons]

What kind of power bed edger are you using

[Coffeecraver]

I tell the client that the edging is to be distributed within the property.

If I have to haul it I will charge 65.00 per load wether it be a shovel full or a
pick-up load.

99.00 % of the time they find a place on the property to dispose of it.
The other 1.00 % I get paid.

:)

[WhohasHelios?]

I tell the client that the edging is to be distributed within the property.

If I have to haul it I will charge 65.00 per load wether it be a shovel full or a
pick-up load.

99.00 % of the time they find a place on the property to dispose of it.
The other 1.00 % I get paid.

:)


I like it CoffeeCraver!!

Same way I do it. Funny enough thoug, often times people here actually pay me to haul it off. Good clean fill...Lots of nitrogen...Some people just really have no idea what their yard will benefit from!

[mo-fleet]

Use a power bed edger and it will just be pulverized soil.....smooth it out in the bed with a garden rake and mulch away......no extra labor

Derek

These things are a couple of G's aren't they? Maybe I 'll rent one. I'm tired of all the extra work. I've got too much now.

Thanks.

[YardPro]

it depends on the grass type.

with grasses like berbuda that have really aggressive rhizomes, we wheel barrow it up and dispose of it.

with st augistine, centipede, zoysia, and all the rye's, we just rake it up into the bed. It never regrow's.

[gqnine44]

I also rake it in to the bed with a bed edger most times but we must realize this is not good for the plants in the long run.

[WhohasHelios?]

I also rake it in to the bed with a bed edger most times but we must realize this is not good for the plants in the long run.


Why do you think it's not good for the plants?

-Reuben

[DRM Ventures]

I rent the Bedscaper.....It is an EZ Trench product. I would like to try a Brown Edger but they rent for twice that of the Bedscaper....

Derek

[mo-fleet]

it depends on the grass type.

with grasses like berbuda that have really aggressive rhizomes, we wheel barrow it up and dispose of it.

with st augistine, centipede, zoysia, and all the rye's, we just rake it up into the bed. It never regrow's.

Is this done the old fashioned way or with a machine? If done with a trusty shovel, it wont take root when buried under the mulch? Maybe I'll try it this year. I guess I've just been paranoid.

And by the way, I know what you mean about the Bermuda, that crap is a pita! Bermuda grass is considered a weed around here. I had a customer last year have me renovate a previous landscaper's bed. There was Bermuda grass choking everything out. Then there are people who think you can treat Bermuda patches in their lawns as regular weeds. That's how much the stuff is hated. Well it's off the subject, but i needed to go off about that. Thanks.

[mo-fleet]

I rent the Bedscaper.....It is an EZ Trench product. I would like to try a Brown Edger but they rent for twice that of the Bedscaper....

Derek

Just curious what kind of rental store you use and how much I can expect to rent one of these things for? I think combining some of these good ideas given by everyone will be a BIG benefit to my customers and the business. Thanks.

[jpp]

What I have done with the waste is fill in low spots where customers have had trees taken out. Works good then just put topsoil on top with seed and you are all set.

[WhohasHelios?]

What I have done with the waste is fill in low spots where customers have had trees taken out. Works good then just put topsoil on top with seed and you are all set.


And then just keep putting more material there as the grass decomposes?

[jpp]

And then just keep putting more material there as the grass decomposes?

Well, when you are putting a clean edge on with the shovel you will get dirt and grass. What I do or did was fill in the hole with the waste, chop it up or pulverize it to break up the clumps. I just use the shovel tip to do this. Put some soil on top and reseed. Yes, it settles some but just add a little more topsoil to it. Not as much as one would think though.

JP

[WhohasHelios?]

Well, when you are putting a clean edge on with the shovel you will get dirt and grass. What I do or did was fill in the hole with the waste, chop it up or pulverize it to break up the clumps. I just use the shovel tip to do this. Put some soil on top and reseed. Yes, it settles some but just add a little more topsoil to it. Not as much as one would think though.

JP


Fair enough, I guess if you are just talking about a dip here and there...I was thinking more of a big hole. I like using excess site material on site as well.

-Reuben :)

[mo-fleet]

And then just keep putting more material there as the grass decomposes?

The sod edge of the bed is dug out so you will have some ground waste too. And thus if you haul it away, it can get substantial if you have long bed lines to edge.

[Coffeecraver]

Two comments on this subject.

1) when you use the bed edger that will cut the edge but you will still have the remaining grass in the bed if it is a new one .So you still have to skim the grass out. So you might as well have skimmed the bed to begin with.

It is totally unprofessional to put the grass edgings back into the mulch bed
Or to spray the beds and then cover them with mulch.

2) Any worthwhile landscaper should be able to distribute the excess soil
within the property.If not they should be paid for hauling it off.