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How to Aerate your Lawn

Lawns prone to waterlogging will quickly deteriorate encouraging moss to invade. Improve the drainage of the lawn by aerating.

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Time Length: 1 day

Time of the Year: Mar, Apr, Sep, Oct.

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In spring use a hollow tine aerator to remove small cores of soil from the lawn.

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Push the hollow tines into the grass at regular intervals; each new position will force the removed soil up the tines.

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Using a besom or garden broom sweep Westland Lawn and Turf dressing into the holes to stop them filling back in with soil. Now feed the lawn with a lawn tonic such as Westland Aftercut Lawn Feed & Conditioner, which should be applied after mowing.

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