I have placed RG8X accross the lawn with the following procedure and it
works as stated.
Dick N3HKN Pittsburgh, PA>
At 07:59 PM 12/23/96, Rolfe Tessem wrote:
>On Mon, 23 Dec 1996 17:43:32 -0500, Mike Rhodes wrote:
>
>> I too have used the lawn-edger method although I only had a small
>>electric trimmer to use. It was certainly the easiest of the several
>>methods I have tried, including a 10 inch diameter 'pizza cutter', ax, and
>>fastened to the ground with hairpins. The pizza cutter was not too bad but
>>not nearly as easy as I had hoped. Also, the groove made by it was packed
>>on the edges and thus did not want to close up or 'heal' well. The lawn
>>edger groove is relatively jagged and thus closes well by simply walking on
>>it (assuming damp ground of course). Went thru a BUNCH of hairpins and then
>>immediately got my clumsy feet tangled in one of the newly placed radials
>>so that ended that adventure! Have not looked at a gas powered edger but
>>the blades on the electric trimmer are a little too short to geive a
>>consistent groove on 'choppy' terrain. However, after a couple trips across
>>the lawn, I can just about guarantee that the creative juices will be
>>flowing and you will be looking for a sacrificial edger to turn into a
>>fulltime radial plow!
>
>I've been following the conversation on radials and radial burying with
interest. My problem is, I can't
>understand why anyone would go to all that trouble.
>
>In my experience, the preferred method is to just lay the radials out on
the surface in the Spring. Set
>the the blade on the mower high for a couple of mowings, and within a
short amount of time the
>radials will disappear on their own.
>
>Since nobody has mentioned this, maybe it's only a Massachusetts thing :-).
>
>Rolfe, W1VC
>
>
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Regards,
Dick
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