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Scarify before overseeding?
Help. I'm confused. I live in SE England and am about to overseed my
lawn. In my Lawn Expert book it says, "Scarifying - DO NOT USE IN SPRING. Heavy raking which tears into the grass will damage the lawn. The grass does not produce side-shoots at this stage and so scarifying will open up the turf and make it vunerable to weed invasion" However, on the Johnsons Laws Seed box the instructions for overseeding say, "Scarify lawn using a spring tine rake to remove and break up layers of dead matted grass or thatch" So which is correct?! |
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Scarify before overseeding?
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oups.com... Help. I'm confused. I live in SE England and am about to overseed my lawn. In my Lawn Expert book it says, "Scarifying - DO NOT USE IN SPRING. Heavy raking which tears into the grass will damage the lawn. The grass does not produce side-shoots at this stage and so scarifying will open up the turf and make it vunerable to weed invasion" However, on the Johnsons Laws Seed box the instructions for overseeding say, "Scarify lawn using a spring tine rake to remove and break up layers of dead matted grass or thatch" So which is correct?! Both ;-} Scarifying tends to produce somewhat seedbed-like conditions so if you don't supply your own seeds, nature will do the job for you and she doesn't use the seeds you would choose. Later in the season the grass will be 'tillering' (making side shoots) so scarifying then without overseeding is OK - the grass fills gaps quickly before weed seeds get a chance. -- Rod My real address is rodtheweedygardeneratmyweedyisp Just remove the weedy bits and transplant the appropriate symbol at. |
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