Sand Leveling Alpha Elite Bermudagrass Huge Lawn 

Hello Pete. Golf Professional from Maryland. Sand before solid-tine aerification, for two reasons. It gives the sand more time "under the Sun", allowing excess moisture to evaporate, making the spreading process less time consuming. Also, as you mentioned, it reduces machine traffic closing the aerification holes "too soon". Long time viewer. Appreciate all of your hard work!

Recently graduated out of the Texas A&M Turf program, we were told that it doesn’t matter all that much. However at the course I worked at we always punched holes first then top dressed. In my not so professional opinion people overthink little stuff like that too much and it’s more important to just keep up with the cultural practices. It definitely seems like personal preference and just something else to bicker about

Your friend has a beautiful property and a great friend to help him. That ventrac reel mower sounds perfect for a lawn that size. I swear you have every piece of equipment known to man, lol

yes indeed. I got cool season grass but it's always ALWAYS great content from GCI Turf

Beautiful property, have a blessed weekend Pete!

Mannnnn those are some toys!!!!

Dream property. Fantastic job love the tips and knowledge you give!

That was a beautiful yard. One day I will own a 10g Spray Buddy from you!

I always aerate then sand for what you said about clay soil. Would be interesting to read why others level first then aerate

Would have liked the see the leveler on the Ventrac working….who makes the leveler? Regards

How long did that take you, Pete? 2 days, or was that completed in 1 day? That yard looks awesome. Hopefully, you will do a follow-up video to show results. Which grass seed would you recommend for a more shady yard? 65/35 shade/sun

I'm a golf course worker as of Monday we are going to be punching cores in are greens

Love this sand leveler process! It's amazing what sand con do for a lawn.... I just never knew!

Aerate then sand is the practice we use in the golf course i work at. The difference is we use a hollow tine core areator and we collect the plugs. Then we fill the holes with sand. We use solid tines for more open areas that are not as high detail. We use it more in our park areas when they get heavy traffic after events and we have to bring it back without too much work. Light poke up then water and fert. Sanding is what we do to the greens

Gifted hands! Watching you work really inspires me! God Bless you sir!!

If you have any contacts in central florida. I have a high school softball field in need of assistance. The grass is not doing well.

I don’t mean to criticize, but that yard could use some flowers and trees.

Hey Pete, the sand level was great!! My yard looks great only 2 weeks , and it is great. Thanks bro

Beautiful lot

amazing work and beautiful property.

I wish there was a service in Oklahoma City that did this. Looks great my man.

For years and years everyone always aerated and then sand but through the years a lot of folks are switching to top dressing first then doing aerification! Your doing aerification to relieve compaction and open holes up so water nutrients oxygen gas exchange and sand can get down trough the holes! Why do aerification then run a heavy top top dresser over it that’s gonna add compaction back and potentially close up the holes!

I aerate after, as that sand gets pushed down, which is great

We defendant need an update on this in a few weeks.

Pete, you're a hard working man and I respect your work ethic and attention to quality work, just like my dad. A few months back you talked about some diet and health things you changed and how much better you feel. Can you give an update on how its going, things you're doing, changes you see in yourself/progress you made, etc. I know success doesn't always come in a straight line.

This is the video I needed! Thank you Pete!

Sorry if I missed it, but did this guy have any irrigation heads that had to be marked off?

Could you do this lawn leveling with sand if you have GCI TTTF?

Glad I made a Dunkin run today. Lots of good lawn care content uploaded this morning!

Nice video Pete! Job well done 👍

Mr Pete, ask if your friend to take pictures and send to you every couple days, and add them as shorts or just as photos, so folks can see just how quick that Alpha, running rampant, pissed off Bermuda ACTUALLY overcomes sand leveling.

You ain’t got the Ben Simms (lawn tips) shovel flick down,Pete?

This is where I’d like to see the hydrostatic tractors be able to run Deere precision equipment. You could set headland and autotrac lines for near perfect aeration coverage with 0 overlap. Would be very useful on golf courses.

Pete I have question why is it so hard to find a solid tive aervator around ilinois indiana area

At our golf course we always aerate first if we’re going for drainage or soil amendment with the sand. If we’re just leveling we don’t aerate at all.

Hey Pete. My front yard is half Bermuda, but under my large oak tree, I have to improvise and overseed every spring and fall with perennial rye to keep that area green. If I sand level my Bermuda, can I just do the whole yard and include the perennial rye, or would it die? I mow at about 3/4 inch every 5 days.

I may have to grab that seed, renovating the back yard soon

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That new machine is awesome

I need to level mine

Those leaf blades look like hybrid bermuda. You don't usually see that with bermuda grown from seed.