On Tue, 14 Oct 2003 16:21:20 -0400, Baine Carruthers wrote:
In the long term, tilling will always be the better way to go versus
aerating, slit seeding, or thatching. There is no comparison.

There is no reason to till the roots of crabgrass, especially after you have
applied Roundup.

If you till, you will have to rake out all the clumps of dead
grass and probably re-grade the yard. It's a LOT of work. If you
have anything other than a very small yard I would recommend
slit-seeding fescue now and then applying pre-emergent a in the
spring before the billons of crabgrass seeds can germinate.


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