Lawn Aeration and Overseeding [Lawn Care Tips]

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Aerating offers several benefits to your lawn. Core aeration provides an avenue for water, nutrients, and oxygen to get to the root zone. Aerating your lawn helps reduce thatch accumulation and alleviate compaction. Add overseeding to help thicken thin and bare areas and to introduce new and improved grass varieties to your existing turf. Video Clip: "Here at lawn dawg, something that we hear all the time from customers is 'I want my lawn to look like a golf course'. Well, here is a tip. Something that every golf course superintendent does religiously without exception is aerate and seed. Hi I'm Bob Mann, Director of Training for Lawn Dawg, cultivation of turf grass is the single most important task that is performed on a golf course, even more important than mowing because you don't need to mow what isn't growing. What you see going on here is a procedure called aeration. It is a common enough word for homeowners but has anyone ever explained to you what it is and why we do it." For more information on aeration & overseeding your lawn, visit http://www.lawndawg.com/services/supplemental

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Well, I'm officially an expert. (Maybe not, but I feel like it!) Thank you for the great video.

I have a Bermuda grass lawn & used weed & grass killer before it started to come back green & had a few days of perfect weather in NW Arkansas & ended up killing my grass where I sprayed the weeds:(.
My question is could I aerate my lawn & over-seed w/ a Five Star Fescue Seed to add a blend & green it back up quickly? Or... Should I stick with a Bermuda Seed?
Is it common to have a blended Bermuda / Fescue lawn?
What is your advice on my best option to improve my mistake?
Thanks,
Sean W.

Great concise video!
Thanks,

Can I aerate and seed in place of thatching my lawn? Not sure if I need to thatch but was going to do it anyway and then seed. I have some dead spots. Also, I applied my first fertilization and am due for the next in about 2 weeks. Should I wait longer if I am going to aerate and seed? Thanks

very helpful thanks!when should we mow after overseeding?

Maybe next time a little less on the chip analogy, and more on when aeration should be taking place. Also, is aeration only done in one pass, or in a criss cross multiple direction pattern? And the addition of fertilizer? When in relation to seeding and aeration?

Rick the Lawn Star!

Thank you LAWN DAWG

Nice video.

What time frame in the spring and fall is the best time to core aerate in New England? Is it best to core aerate between say March 15tht and April 30th and then avoid aerating until August 15th to September 30th? Just trying to get a more specific idea vs. "early spring" and "late summer to early fall."

Very nice movie, good information. Could you please tell me how to set up a Lesco spreader for grass seeding (which number is the best) ?

When overseeding, does the seed have fertilizer mix or do you just apply seed? What is a good temperture to aerate and overseed?

Doesn't seed need to connect with ground and even covered with soil ??
I don't get it, how the seeds will develop roots if you just throw them in the lawn??

This guy is full of it. Walking on lawns does not cause compaction.

um.. so the aeration machine is different from a lawn mower..?

rick from pawn stars?

Liked the tortilla chip analogy

Seeing all of the cores left on the surface of the lawn can be disconcerting but they have a very predictable fate. As the soil that makes up the core dries in the sunshine, the core loses its form and will fall apart. The individual particles of soil will work their way down to the soil surface where they act as a topdressing. As the cores decompose, the surrounding grass will begin growing around them making them harder and harder to see.

how do I clean up all the plugs and dirt? I do not want to rake because the dirt falls back in the holes and my lawnmower wont pick it up!! I was told to fill them up with sand and seed?? would peat moss and seed work? thank-you