"jellyfish" wrote in message
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lawn is real soft now and ive been waiting for it to soften so i can
roll and even it out somewhat..what would be the downside of this if
any?..
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jellyfish

If you want to do a really good job of this, you would be well served to
core aerate the lawn very well first, then roll, then aerate again.

If you are a glutton for work, repeat this process a couple of times.

And by the way, you should probably cut your grass pretty low before
starting.