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The Grass Stitcher – www.grassstitcher.com – is a very heavy-duty hand tool used to cultivate soil, do mini plowing jobs, and remove weedy areas or even help to aerate small areas. Organic grass guys should not go with out one. It is an awesome new tool in my toolbox. I picked up one at the GIE show and got to use it everyday this past Nov.
We all have been using the Garden Weasel that has worked great – unfortunately they are for light duty and tend to wear out with commercial use – built for the home owner. The GW tines break and the pins that hold them on are a joke.
The Grass Stitcher is all resin plastic down there and if that resin plastic is as tough as I think it is then I don’t see how you could break it. The tines are all one piece resin plastic with a heavy duty circle plastic in the center that rotate around another plastic rod – they inter connect so no pins are required, that would break – except a heavy duty cotter pin at the end and outside the commercial aluminum frame. This GS is very heavy-duty hand tool.
Another cool feature is it has a footpad. It will just poke holes or completely rip up the turf or weeds with more foot pressure. But the #1 feature is it lays a great seed bed prep, both for pure dirt or to just thicke existing grass. I also bought two more sets of tines so I can have a double wide set or singlewide set – depends on the area I need to do. We also noticed the grass growth pattern (when it germinated) was zig zagged – like a zipper or stitch – not in rows. That is very cool!
I like it allot and it will help me big time. We have done some areas with it this past fall that wore us out but we did not have to bring out the big guns my Lawn Solutions Turf Revitalizer (MY #1 money maker). Some areas we did with the GS, as large as 500 sq ft – I would never even try that with a Weasel – it’s a great tool for the box.
LawnSite Senior Member
Amen!!
All of my lawn trucks have a stitcher to utilize a 5 gallon pail of pre-germinated grass seed mixed with compost and zeba granules.
We mostly repair insect damage, piss spots left by dogs, and places were customers left something on the turf too long. Customers love it!
We use it for every reseed job in places the slit seeder or aerator can’t reach also.
LawnSite Member
I bought one before starting my seeding last fall. I really like it. It’s perfect for seeding small areas that I don’t want to drag the seeder out for. We had a wet fall, so using the Stitcher was a breeze. The true test will be a dry late summer early fall.
One word of caution…Steer clear of any leaves! They may want to market it to roadside litter crews as it picks up most anything.
Probably going to get a double as well.
LawnSite Bronze Member
OK let’s wrap up on the stitcher. I have one, they work very well and it’s a great tool, much better than just a rake or a tining hand tool.
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The key to using a Grass Stitcher properly is to keep it close to your body, not way out in front, so that your weight is over it, and to use short strokes. For most soils you can use just your hands. For stiff soils add your foot. It’s really pretty simple and effective once you get used to it. Personally I think they need to stop comparing it to the Weasel, because there is no comparison. I’ve used the Grass Stitcher for 4 hours in a day (large lawn with a ton of pet spots and other scattered bare patches) without getting a blister. Try that with a Weasel. In fact, try using a Weasel for 4 hours without breaking it!
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Just wanted to chime in and say this company is first rate. If you haven’t given the stitcher a look, you should. Naturally I had just received mine when I read this post but a quick note brought a fast response to ship out a wall mount at no charge. David at Lawn Solutions isn’t the only one who knows great customer service. Thanks!
LawnSite Senior Member
You should buy a “grass stitcher” and make some extra money from them fixing all those bare spots..
LawnSite Bronze Member
Yes, I bought one and it works fantastic, very pleased with the purchase!
It’s made very well and would probably last you a lifetime!
LawnSite Senior Member
Me too. I haven’t used it a lot, but it works great.
LawnSite Bronze Member
We got one last year. Works very well.
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