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Expert: Ronald B Persaud - 7/7/2009


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what time of year is best to rake out pine needles ?

Answer
I take it that you are talking about pine needles on the lawn. This means that you have pine trees which are already shading the turf to some extent. Fallen needles add to the shading effect and will eventually smother the turf.
I would rake out pine needles before I mow.

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Ronald B Persaud

Expertise

Florida (Central and South) lawns maintenance and troubleshooting.

Experience

Work experience in Garden and Technical Sales (Ace Hardware and Lesco). L&O Spray Technican/Horticulturist/Tree permitting (Local Municipality). Commercial Landscape Maintenance (Condo complex and Shopping Mall)

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Past member Florida Landscape Maintenance Association (Pinellas County).

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On the 'Gardenweb' under the pseudonym "Ronalawn82"

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CPO certified (L&O) Florida. Hons. Graduate: Eastern Caribbean Farm Institute (now Eastern Caribbean Institute of Agriculture and Forestry), Trinidad WI.

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