Aerating your lawn is key to its health, good looks and a superior condition. Suffering from heavy foot traffic each summer, the water of winter and compression of mowing can tighten up soil so that it doesn’t have the air and access to nutrients that it needs to grow healthy grass. Aeration also enables new lawn to grow from seed.
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The benefit of having a ride on mower is that you can aerate your lawn without too much bother. It’s possible to attach this Mountfield aerator to any ride on mower or garden tractor. You’ll be aerating, spreading fertiliser, seed or sand as you travel around the garden. If your ground is particularly compacted, you might want to even go so far as to put some weight on the aerator to ensure that the spikes are pushed into the ground.
Ideally aeration is performed in the spring months whilst the ground is soft and the temperatures are cool. Waiting any later may give you a hard ground and a turf that is well dried out. Alternatively, wait for autumn to come around again but be sure to do it at least a month before the first frost falls.
Aerating After Rain
Aerating after a rain shower or even after watering will give you the conditions that you need for the spikes to enter the ground easily. With areas that have been very compacted, take time to pass over the grass multiple times to ensure that the ground has had a chance to get loosened up.
If you don’t have a ride on mower or garden tractor then you might want to opt for a Dr Electric Start Petrol Lawn Aerator. Capable of propelling at a 2.5mph pace, the aerator pulls 2-3 inch deep plugs with 4 inch of spacing from the lawn so that grass roots can enjoy a greater level of moisture and nutrients.
By aerating your lawn you’ll be setting your garden up for a successful growing year when your lawn has never looked better.