Tips for a Better Yard: Dethatching and Aerating

[Aboutmyself22]

DONT USE THE SPIKES. THE PLUGS ARE BETTER FOR THE LAWN

[patsguy369]

what did the buhdist say to the hot dog vendor?....Make me one with everything

[bin1127]

i think he has to dethatch his voice.

[PyrateJim]

Cutting a 1 acre lawn, there is a pre-exsisting sprinkler system with 10 zones and no layout blueprint. Homeowners are now asking me to aereate and power rake (dethatch) the lawn, and I am clueless. I can mark the heads, but can only assume that the lines are of proper depth. Is it better to aereate with the "plugger" or simply with the spikes? Should I power rake (dethatch) before I aereate, providing I am going to, or after I aereate? How much time between the two? I'm using a tractor towed.

[tctk1]

why do u try so hard to talk?

[PunaniLicker69]

@tctk1 looool

[TheYayabay]

When do you dethatch and aerate?

[Stingerbillion]

Question: I am very new at lawn mowing (complete tool, lol), here's my dilemma. My grass has really grown thanks to continuous rains since March, i haven't dethatched my lawn nor did had any idea about it until now. If i don't dethatch it and just simply lawn mow over it, will it kill my grass even though it's very high or will i have to rake afterward to get rid of "dead" grass? Do i have to dethatch before lawn mowing? Please help....

[micyficy]

@Stingerbillion Does your mower have the bag to collect the grass clippings? If not, you want to rake the grass since its too long to leave it laying down. Its not good to let your grass get too tall. You need to only cut 1 inch from the plant. No, you don't need to dethatch.

[Stingerbillion]

@micyficy Hi thanks for responding! Yes, i mow my lawn using bag and collect grass clippings. Also another question: I just bought my mower in summer of 2010, the blades seem fairly sharp and only minor chipping, so do i still need to change my blade or sharpen it? Thank you again!

[micyficy]

@Stingerbillion There is no sure way to tell. If you got it a year ago then it should still be in good shape. Anyways, if you got any more questions I will answer them for you. Thanks.

[Stingerbillion]

@micyficy Awesome! Thank you for answering my 2 questions. You really helped me out here. lol