lawn burning and reseed

[LawnGrassHoppers]

i got a customer who wants their lawn burned and reseeded its about 1300 square feet ive never done this before.how do i go about doing this and could you give me a price and any advice that could help me? :help:

[Ric]

Grasshopper

This is more of a agriculture practice than a Residential turf practice. I think you may run into trouble with the Fire Marshal. I recommend you till the ground and re seed. 1300 sq feet is not a lot of area.

[proenterprises]

Boy, you are playing with fire here..LITERALLY.

You cannot do this, do you have any idea of the risk involved.

[ndunn]

do they mean burning the weeds? If you're talking the actual entire lawn, do you mean with chemicals? or........FIRE!..........man you might want to have a chat with your insurance agent about that one. or tell them to buy some goats.

[Appalachian landscape]

I cut a ton of brush this winter and piled it into three piles for the customer. He wants me to burn it, but I said no way unless he lights the match. I told him we are friends now, but if I burned his house down that would probably change. Burning just sounds dangerous to me, fire seems so unpredictable.

[Lnd Svyr]

I'm pretty sure he means chemically burn. I have never heard of anyone actually setting a lawn on fire (for this purpose).

The Scott's book says to use Roundup (glyphosate), wait at least ten days, and preferrably reapply in ten to thirty days. Then, cut very short (1/2" to 3/4"). Next power rake with lower setting than for dethatching, cutting slightly into soil.This is also a good time to aerate if necessary.

[Charles]

Yea I have seen fields burned but never a lawn. Around here when you burn a field you have to get a permit from the Fire Marshall

[LawnGrassHoppers]

its a chemical burn i dont know the correct proccess and thats why im asking how much should i charge for this job, whats the correct way of doing such a thing.NO FIRE
;)

[Adamma Landscape Group]

Where does your customer live in the city or country? I ran into a project like this once where kids burn the entire lawn down and the home owner called me to renovate the lawn. The insurance paid for the reseeding. The reseeded lawn was greener than lawn done by conventional reseeding methods. I do not know what good effects the fire caused.
The customer should not tell you how to execute a project. He should pay you for the outcome. Before you do something that can get you into trouble call and ask the fire department.

[LawnGrassHoppers]

theres no fire involed :angry:

[LawnGrassHoppers]

Where does your customer live in the city or country? I ran into a project like this once where kids burn the entire lawn down and the home owner called me to renovate the lawn. The insurance paid for the reseeding. The reseeded lawn was greener than lawn done by conventional reseeding methods. I do not know what good effects the fire caused.
The customer should not tell you how to execute a project. He should pay you for the outcome. Before you do something that can get you into trouble call and ask the fire department.
there is no fire involved :angry:

[Ric]

there is no fire involved :angry:


Adam

Don't get mad at us because you posted a question unclear.

[Adamma Landscape Group]

Lawn Grasshopper,
You really scare us to death with burning. I am glad you explain that it is chemical burning.
If you type lawn reseeding or seeding or sodding on your search engine you will see many university extension explaining how to go about and kill a lawn and re-seed or re-sod. The process is pretty much standardized.
If you spend 30 minutes and read what these experts write you will be a guru at lawn renovation.

[marko]

Depending on what type of grass he has, and what he is going too, one idea is to rent a rear tine rototiller 2 or 3 days after you or him have given the area a good watering. Till in two directions, level and let sit to help kill the grass. Then assuming you are licensed too, apply roundup and wait 10 more days, do your final leveling, then go back and re-seed or sod. If you seed, I would rent a slit seeder. If you broadcast, the birds are gonna love you and the results will not be as good. Ensure he knows it will be a lot of work on his part to ensure it's sucsessful. You can do the best job in the world, a couple days of, "I forgot to water" by him and it will be a mess. On an area this small, sodding would be a good option.

[NEIL]

They would mean FIRE. Down South (mostly along the coast) most people have centipeed, or charleston grass. I goes dormant in the winter and before it comes back out in the spring everyone burns their lawn to get rid of the dead thatch. IT WORKS GREAT! The new grass comes out and looks wonderful.