Scalping Bermuda Grass // When , How & Why you should be scalping your Bermuda grass lawn with BYD 

It's finally sinking in that there is alot of science involved in keeping your lawn looking mint...damnit

Average home owner that’s why we watch you keep it local 👍🏿

Mine was scalped with a bagged mower this afternoon.

I just moved to a house with Bermuda grass lawn (in Atlanta area), so I’m excited to be following along this year!

Brother scalped my yard today and I hurt in place I haven’t felt in a long time ha ha!!!

Great video especially scalping and the sun nutren making our grass get greener because the lawn is shorter !

We needed this video!! BYD you dropped this right on time

Happy Birthday BYD. I think that for your 50th birthday you should get a new Wright stand on mower or maybe a Scag Cheetah!! You deserve it; keep up the great work. I pre scalped my yard in the fall down to 1 inch. Will take it down to 1/2 inch in another few weeks. Our Texas grass took a beating with the storm; want it to recover a bit and start growing.

I`m in SC and I will scalp soon and then hit it with a SunJoe dethatcher. I`m having my drainage ditch piped in and will sod that area with some Tif Tuf. Thanks for all the videos!

Found my favorite channel!

Just scalped my front yard for the first time this past weekend. I'll do the back this weekend

Yes!!! It’s BYD time!!!

Yea man. I started scalping my yard in December. It's about 1 inch. I can't talk my customers into scalping theirs though.

Great content keep doing what you do

Good to hear your support for Ron. I always mention you both on his comments. I have combined the things that you both share. I use the Sunniland for fertilizers, but I have also used the Carbon Pro-G & Carbon Pro-G. I noticed that I have early green-up and currently no weeds. I am planning to scalp as soon as the yard dries out a little more.

I cheated this year and paid a company to scalp it for me. Best money I have spent in a while!!

Great video BYD. Scalping is definitely a chore. You make it look easy. 😎

Great info,I’m in McDonough ga

Pre-Scalping now, gotta get that dead 3" grass down to 2 inches so i dont have a huge mess and more work come actual scalp time lol. Ive been using the greenworks and it works great. Oh and its a HUGE mess but ive been so anxious to get in the yard i dont mind doing it lol.

When, How and Why! Great video, BYD! I'll definitely bring it down. 😂 I heard that old man grunt! I know all too well about that! 😂

Scalping this season every year

I've got a couple old Briggs flathead baggers. Old engines that still run near perfect. With a sharpened blade, these things will chug through thick grass without any complaints

Great content!!

BYD, you da man!

This is something I need to know. I was thinking it Should be cut low in April so the sun can hit it better. To green up fast . Thank you

Another good vid BYD! Just to add to the conversation, I normally buy extra air filters before scalping because the dust and dormant grass packs my filter quickly. It clogged up my carb too so I took the carb apart and cleaned it. Thanks for these tips! Love the vids. :)

Yes sirrrrrrr!!!!!!! Scalping as well down here in Houston

Scalping this year down to the dirt. Aeration as well. Well worth the hassle. I scalp every year. Keep up the great work BYD.

Moved from California to metro Atlanta, Georgia. Glad I found a local guy so I can keep up with lawn care. Men are serious down here with their lawn care & I got to step my game up! Lol

Well BYD since I went into business I just pre-scalp the customers I have but my Gravely zero turn lowest setting is 1.5 so that what I try to go to but then again I have 2 customers that likes their Bermuda to be 4 inches during growing season.

Will be scalping as well! 🌱

Scalp coming THIS Saturday!

Thanks man keep the videos coming an recommendation a excellent pre emergent one you recommend

I’m an average homeowner and I have a 27” Tru cut, right tool for the job, Honda rotary is just for vacuuming up.

Great video

I scalp every year, early March. Always have good results and faster greenup!

So had to find a reason to put me to work Sunday? Lol I'm wondering about scalping vs burning now? Guess maybe I'll wait for both videos to drop to decide.

Honda HRX goes to 3/4” but like you said, you need a pretty level lawn or else you get high centered.

Great info thanks! I need to get ready for my scalp and may do the pre scalp due to lawn height. Bought my house in Dec and the HOC was pretty high when the grass went dormant. Unfortunately no fall pre emergent so dealing with winter weeds and poa. Sprayed with image two weeks ago and got my first app of pre emergent down so think I am on track with my front bermuda.

“Crush our Neighbor”..... so true 😂

I have an ego with a 7.5ah battery but it struggled with scalping. Guess I have to do it in several passes.

Thank you.

I live in south eastern Kentucky and have quite a bit of Bermuda but I also have KY bluegrass so it would be hard to scalp like this. Plus I mow with a husqvarna pzt-60 but don’t have a bagger (sure wish I did).

Rise Up!

Living in West Texas (the Caprock and technically a desert) this was super helpful! Thank you! Very thorough. Crush thy neighbor made me laugh so hard 😆

Go figure I just scalped - like in Georgetown TX, and then the following week it was in the 40s and 50s. Brrrr. Can’t wait for it to get warm and wake that grass up

I’ve got a timemaster. This is my first time with a bermuda lawn

Y’all ain’t sharpen your blade in 9 seasons, HAHAHA!!! Good video boss. Glad I stopped by to see how much dust and debris y’all kicked up.

I don't think I'll need a scalp yet. Cut all of mine low on the last cut in Sept. due to all the dallisgrass. Had to make it stand out so I could hit it hard over winter.

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BYD 2021!!

Wish I could afford a Greenworks 80 volt Zero-Turn. I've got a few (4) of their other 80 volt tools. I'd let you come up and review it for your channel.

As a first time homebuyer here in Oklahoma, I will be doing my first scalp soon. We have a fertilizer company that does our lawn and they already put down pre emergent back in early March. Question, do I need to do anything after I scalp? Appreciate any feedback you have

See this off why I flowed him he is do knowledge about to I need to do I live in Locust Grove, GA, he actually around my area and everything he talked about had helped me soooooo freaking much is crazy not to listen.

I’ve driven out to the country in Alabama during spring and people set their whole front yards on fire. Pretty crazy. I think I would get arrested and a big fat fine pretty quick if I did that

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BYD i see u pre scalped u put down ur pre emergent already if not when u doing it we getting alot of rain in GA next few days thinking bout dropping mine down tomorrow.

I have the Ryobi 480e riding mower with the bigger batteries and it can't scalp. So the push mower definitely isn't going to work unfortunately when cutting down to the dirt

i'm not sure this was mentioned, but scalping will allow your green to shine thru better by not having any leftover brown grass standing tall in competition. you could say that if you keep your grass at 3 inches normally, then it would be ideal to scalp to 1". if you keep it at 2 inches, you would want to scalp at 0.5". i keep my mower at 4", so i could get away with 1.5" , but i will scalp at 1". i will do some controlled burning in the backyard just for funsies. lol

BYD! Showcase a "Scalp/Dethacth blade for the rotary mower. That blade will get you pass the white.

I have only 1 bermuda lawn out of all my accts.. so I can't justify purchasing a reel mower.. baggers for commercial walkbehind mowers arent as tidy as pushmower baggers.. so I guess we'll just push mow/bag it for this scalping.. ugggh

I’ve got my popcorn ready.🍿

Man I just put down my pre-emergent and my weed killer. I’ll be scalping around spring break. I have a Kobalt electric, crazy how long it takes with it, but worth it at the end

Excellent video sir!! Do you like the electric mowers? They seem much quieter! How is their cut?? Thank you

Been following your advice and my grass is an even tan right now in San Joaquin Valley of Calif. My neighbor has already started mowing weekly as our grass was mostly nut sedge, dandelion, spurge, crab grass, etc. I cut short and put 0-0-7 down on superbowl weekend. We are having a couple of days of 70 each week now but still having frost at night. After using Image in fall (November), The kids helped me rake up all the dead weeds in January. So, after my long-windedness, do you suggest using a thatch rake after it greens up? My green mower won't cut close to the dirt. Thanks, BYD, for helping me. I know my neighbors think I'm a crazy single mom! Most are retired using lawn service providers, but a few are like me but are just letting the weeds be their green lawn.

I have to stop and dump too much with my little mower. I’m gonna pay a company to scalp this year.

I have a lawn that twas laid down as sod back in March. I’m wondering if and when I should do the first scalping. I live western South Carolina.

Inhaling all that “dusk” is the worst part:)

You need to scalp well before it’s coming out of dormancy. If your grass is showing green the weeds are also germinating. Gotta get your pre-emergent down and spray with glyphosate after you scalp since you don’t want to disturb your pre-emerg barrier.

Do recommend scalping then leveling my yard? I need to drop some dirt to level some problematic areas in my yard! Appreciate you and all the info you pass along.

Hey man! Thanks for the vid. Quick question, I have an uneven lawn and have lots of longer stepping patches on my lawn. How do I fix that? I have changed blades and checked tire pressure. Will cutting higher help? Thanks

Pre-bagging that white meat. You go BYD.

You can scalp with a riding mower correct. Just have to bag it...do we set at the next to lowest

Hello good sir, I reseeded my bermuda lawn with annual Rye seed just like you did the one year. So far we love it, as our dog hasn't destroyed it and it keeps the top soil intact during the heavy rains we get in Charlotte NC... So when do I have worry about detaching and when do you reckon i start cutting the rye grass down to ground?

If the fertilizer said do it six months what can you do between months

Can you help a sister out in B'ham in the south

Good Info BYD I will get to this some time in March. We are getting more rain in the next days in THE CLT. Would it be premature to put down fungicide because of excess rain or wait and put down with the weed and feed application?

No lie I really thought you was blades of grass lol You sound and look the same

BYD what do the people in South Florida do when there Bermuda never goes dormant do we still scalp to get new growth for the season

I have an acre corner lot, run an exmark zero turn with the mulch kit, normally in the spring, I just start taking it down, go over several times and don’t bag anything. Some of the clippings do build up in the soil especially after a rain, so what’s a guy like me supposed to do? Pushing it with a bagger prob be too much work, should I go out and buy like a new John Deere lawn tractor with the double bagger on it, and only use it in the spring to bag. Or just keep doing what I’ve been doing,

Great video! How beneficial is it to use a lawn sweeper (pull along) and when would you use it? Thx Sir

Ryobi self propel 20in battery mower…

C’mon BYD, it’s time you go reel low!

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HI BYD! I'm in Austin, TX and want to scalp my yard. It is definitely 3 inches tall and left that way since last fall cut. The temps are still getting cool at night and there is not 40% greenness in the yard yet. Neighbors keep their grass dirt level all year but they also had lawns full of winter weeds, so their methods can't be trusted. 🤣 What should I be doing now? Advice?

BYD, after you scalp down to 1" going into the spring APRIL-August, do you let it grow up to 3" or do you continue to cut it short at 1" all spring/summer?

Great info but what is a "Dusk Mask?" Time stamp 6:18

When doing a controlled burn, does the fire affect the pre-emergent?

I’ve got some weeds I need to take care of. Should a I scalp before the I put down the weed and feed or lay it down first and scalp? Or possibly a regular cut weed and feed and scalp it a couple weeks later? Bermuda grass in North Texas.

BYDI have a question if I have a whole lot of weed in the yard right now which is the 25th Can I put down pre merge right now do I cut before I do it

Greenworks pro. Do you recommend sharpening the blades or buy new?

Would you recommend scalping and detach same time? Which one before? After? Thanks in advance. I’m in Arlington Texas.

Locust,NC Just did exactly that, thank you. What’s the first granular I should put down after pre emergent?

Is dethatching Bermuda with a dethatcher recommended? I just scalped but unfortunately my mower doesn't go low enough to get all the dead grass up and off

I’m in Northeast Georgia. My did was installed last November. Should I scalp? If so when?

are you going to aerate & if so when a good time

Any advice on applying fungicide ? I've got some brown patches in my yard :(

If I’m going to scalp is there even a point in putting pre emergents down before or should I wait until after I scalp?

BYD..I'm in SC..should I put my pre-emergent down now? I somethin online that said to do it after March 20. I scalped and put down the spectracide weed killer and Image red label two days ago. Trying to find out if now is a good time for the pre-emergent

BYD I applied pre emergent and weed kill for lawns on 2/9 when do I apply fertilizer?