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Lawn care; Scarifying puzzle.
For as long as I can recall I held that Autumn is the best time to
scarify a lawn, and even experience one all to memorable spring time scarifying long-term disaster, but I couldn't remember the technical reasons; so, out of curiosity I went looking; I found some advice here that dates back to 2002. The advice given then upheld the Autumn preference adding that in autumn the grass is producing side shoots (tillering) and that in spring scarifying removes new growth, stunting growth, allowing gaps between grass to get colonised by weeds. On average, lawn-care, garden help sites also give autumn as the best time, but with one notable exception, a lawn-care service provider. And it worth mentioning that from observation, a greater number of people seem to wrongly think spring time is better; I'll assume the reason why it's best to scarify in autumn is that though surely it would also remove the side shoots, there wont be so much weed growth in winter that the new gtrimmed growth spurt in spring will be able to handle unchecked; Anyhow, seeing as it's coming to that time of year some of you might be interested to know about stuff like this. |
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Lawn care; Scarifying puzzle.
"aquachimp" wrote in message ... For as long as I can recall I held that Autumn is the best time to scarify a lawn, and even experience one all to memorable spring time scarifying long-term disaster, but I couldn't remember the technical reasons; so, out of curiosity I went looking; I found some advice here that dates back to 2002. The advice given then upheld the Autumn preference adding that in autumn the grass is producing side shoots (tillering) and that in spring scarifying removes new growth, stunting growth, allowing gaps between grass to get colonised by weeds. On average, lawn-care, garden help sites also give autumn as the best time, but with one notable exception, a lawn-care service provider. And it worth mentioning that from observation, a greater number of people seem to wrongly think spring time is better; I'll assume the reason why it's best to scarify in autumn is that though surely it would also remove the side shoots, there wont be so much weed growth in winter that the new gtrimmed growth spurt in spring will be able to handle unchecked; Anyhow, seeing as it's coming to that time of year some of you might be interested to know about stuff like this. I suspect another reason for doing it in spring is that the lawn tends to be drier then; that certainly applies to mine. Raking mine when it is at all damp means pulling out the grass as well as the thatch. It then seems to follow that, with the lawn less choked, spring is a good time to sow seed when it's less likely to be cut back by frost. I confess I'm guilty of not scarifying, or aerating, my lawn for a couple of years. It's beginning to show :~(. Spider |
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Lawn care; Scarifying puzzle.
On Aug 14, 1:46*pm, "Spider" wrote:
"aquachimp" wrote in message ... For as long as I can recall I held that Autumn is the best time to scarify a lawn, and even experience one all to memorable spring time scarifying long-term disaster, but I couldn't remember the technical reasons; so, out of curiosity I went looking; I found some advice here that dates back to 2002. The advice given then upheld the Autumn preference adding that in autumn the grass is producing side shoots (tillering) and that in spring scarifying removes new growth, stunting growth, allowing gaps between grass to get colonised by weeds. On average, lawn-care, garden help sites also give autumn as the best time, but with one notable exception, a lawn-care service provider. And it worth mentioning that from observation, a greater number of people seem to *wrongly think spring time is better; I'll assume the reason why it's best to scarify in autumn is that though surely it would also remove the side shoots, there wont be so much weed growth in winter that the new gtrimmed growth spurt in spring will be able to handle unchecked; Anyhow, seeing as it's coming to that time of year some of you might be interested to know about stuff like this. I suspect another reason for doing it in spring Spring? Autumn surely? Especially since you mention it as being "another" reason for doing it, when I hadn't offered a reason for doing it in spring.. is that the lawn tends to be drier then; that certainly applies to mine. *Raking mine when it is at all damp means pulling out the grass as well as the thatch. *It then seems to follow that, with the lawn less choked, spring is a good time to sow seed when it's less likely to be cut back by frost. I confess I'm guilty of not scarifying, or aerating, my lawn for a couple of years. *It's beginning to show :~(. Spider |
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Lawn care; Scarifying puzzle.
"aquachimp" wrote in message ... On Aug 14, 1:46 pm, "Spider" wrote: "aquachimp" wrote in message ... For as long as I can recall I held that Autumn is the best time to scarify a lawn, and even experience one all to memorable spring time scarifying long-term disaster, but I couldn't remember the technical reasons; so, out of curiosity I went looking; I found some advice here that dates back to 2002. The advice given then upheld the Autumn preference adding that in autumn the grass is producing side shoots (tillering) and that in spring scarifying removes new growth, stunting growth, allowing gaps between grass to get colonised by weeds. On average, lawn-care, garden help sites also give autumn as the best time, but with one notable exception, a lawn-care service provider. And it worth mentioning that from observation, a greater number of people seem to wrongly think spring time is better; I'll assume the reason why it's best to scarify in autumn is that though surely it would also remove the side shoots, there wont be so much weed growth in winter that the new gtrimmed growth spurt in spring will be able to handle unchecked; Anyhow, seeing as it's coming to that time of year some of you might be interested to know about stuff like this. I suspect another reason for doing it in spring Spring? Autumn surely? Especially since you mention it as being "another" reason for doing it, when I hadn't offered a reason for doing it in spring.. :~) I see your puzzlement. In fact, I was playing devil's advocate, since you said a greater number of people wrongly think springtime is better. Sorry to be confusing. Spider is that the lawn tends to be drier then; that certainly applies to mine. Raking mine when it is at all damp means pulling out the grass as well as the thatch. It then seems to follow that, with the lawn less choked, spring is a good time to sow seed when it's less likely to be cut back by frost. I confess I'm guilty of not scarifying, or aerating, my lawn for a couple of years. It's beginning to show :~(. Spider |
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Lawn care; Scarifying puzzle.
On Aug 14, 10:32*pm, "Spider" wrote:
"aquachimp" wrote in message ... On Aug 14, 1:46 pm, "Spider" wrote: "aquachimp" wrote in message ... For as long as I can recall I held that Autumn is the best time to scarify a lawn, and even experience one all to memorable spring time scarifying long-term disaster, but I couldn't remember the technical reasons; so, out of curiosity I went looking; I found some advice here that dates back to 2002. The advice given then upheld the Autumn preference adding that in autumn the grass is producing side shoots (tillering) and that in spring scarifying removes new growth, stunting growth, allowing gaps between grass to get colonised by weeds. On average, lawn-care, garden help sites also give autumn as the best time, but with one notable exception, a lawn-care service provider. And it worth mentioning that from observation, a greater number of people seem to wrongly think spring time is better; I'll assume the reason why it's best to scarify in autumn is that though surely it would also remove the side shoots, there wont be so much weed growth in winter that the new gtrimmed growth spurt in spring will be able to handle unchecked; Anyhow, seeing as it's coming to that time of year some of you might be interested to know about stuff like this. I suspect another reason for doing it in spring Spring? Autumn surely? Especially since you mention it as being "another" reason for doing it, when I hadn't offered a reason for doing it in spring.. :~) *I see your puzzlement. *In fact, I was playing devil's advocate, since you said a greater number of people wrongly think springtime is better. Ah fair enough, but then that leaves the question as to how might your ground be drier in spring seeing as that follow what is ordinarily a wetter time of year than summer, coupled with winter-spring not having had the advantages of summer temperatures for drying out? Sorry to be confusing. Spider is that the lawn tends to be drier then; that certainly applies to mine. Raking mine when it is at all damp means pulling out the grass as well as the thatch. It then seems to follow that, with the lawn less choked, spring is a good time to sow seed when it's less likely to be cut back by frost. I confess I'm guilty of not scarifying, or aerating, my lawn for a couple of years. It's beginning to show :~(. Spider |
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Lawn care; Scarifying puzzle.
14, 1:46 pm, "Spider" wrote:
"aqua "aquachimp" wrote in message ... On Aug 14, 10:32 pm, "Spider" wrote: "aquachimp" wrote in message ... On Aug chimp" wrote in message ... For as long as I can recall I held that Autumn is the best time to scarify a lawn, and even experience one all to memorable spring time scarifying long-term disaster, but I couldn't remember the technical reasons; so, out of curiosity I went looking; I found some advice here that dates back to 2002. The advice given then upheld the Autumn preference adding that in autumn the grass is producing side shoots (tillering) and that in spring scarifying removes new growth, stunting growth, allowing gaps between grass to get colonised by weeds. On average, lawn-care, garden help sites also give autumn as the best time, but with one notable exception, a lawn-care service provider. And it worth mentioning that from observation, a greater number of people seem to wrongly think spring time is better; I'll assume the reason why it's best to scarify in autumn is that though surely it would also remove the side shoots, there wont be so much weed growth in winter that the new gtrimmed growth spurt in spring will be able to handle unchecked; Anyhow, seeing as it's coming to that time of year some of you might be interested to know about stuff like this. I suspect another reason for doing it in spring Spring? Autumn surely? Especially since you mention it as being "another" reason for doing it, when I hadn't offered a reason for doing it in spring.. :~) I see your puzzlement. In fact, I was playing devil's advocate, since you said a greater number of people wrongly think springtime is better. Ah fair enough, but then that leaves the question as to how might your ground be drier in spring seeing as that follow what is ordinarily a wetter time of year than summer, coupled with winter-spring not having had the advantages of summer temperatures for drying out? Perhaps because I'm talking about April-time when there are usually drying winds. I'm also on high ground, so there's not a lot of shelter; the winds are very drying. Add that to the fact that high ground creates greater drainage, and you have a dryish lawn - even on my clay soil. In autumn, when conditions should be better, my poor lawn is barely recovering from the summer drought, so I tend to put off tlc until the spring. Another reference in your original post was to a lawn care service provider. Although you may think that a lawn care professional would do the job at the "right" time, ie autumn, you may be sure that their customers call on them in spring after a couple of mowings have revealed a tatty lawn. Hope this clarifies my ramblings :~) Spider Sorry to be confusing. Spider is that the lawn tends to be drier then; that certainly applies to mine. Raking mine when it is at all damp means pulling out the grass as well as the thatch. It then seems to follow that, with the lawn less choked, spring is a good time to sow seed when it's less likely to be cut back by frost. I confess I'm guilty of not scarifying, or aerating, my lawn for a couple of years. It's beginning to show :~(. Spider |
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