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The lawn needs aeration. Dispense with this technique it is impossible - the thicker the grass, the harder it enters the soil oxygen and, simultaneously, the more organic matter. A vicious circle - the organic matter does not fall into the lawn grass, because it does not decompose and does not decompose because it is difficult to access oxygen.

All this leads to the fact that the productivity of the lawn is reduced, and where the soil is particularly sealed, can occur even attack the grass and the formation of bald spots.

Solve the problem of poor aeration of the lawn will help. When we say "aeration", we usually have in mind the "piercing".

Piercing - piercing sod special devices (fork, roller, sandals) or mechanisms.

In 1954, the Soviet agronomists conducted a study that proved that the piercing is rapidly increasing productivity of the lawn. Openings formed fork or other tool to increase the level of contact between the sod and air, improve gas exchange. In addition, during the precipitation into the soil under the lawn gets more water, and its reserves are growing.

How do you know that lawn aeration is needed?

To assess the need for lawn aeration, check the condition roots. To do this, we take a shovel and a vertically cut away a small piece of turf. If the roots go deep into not more than 5 centimeters, the situation is bad - Lawn aeration urgently needed. Even more obvious signs that indicate that the owner of the lawn a long time ago it was necessary to make the aeration is yellowish spots and bare patches on the lawn.

Sodmaster (Member FORUMHOUSE):

Aeration is certainly important, but the main part of the air is assimilated, of course, leaves.

Without aeration roots do not get enough of not only air, but also water, and nutrients.

What time of year do aerated?

Lawn aeration do once formed dense and thick sod. The most suitable time for this:

• INECHA.
• Late Summer.
• Autumn.

Aeration is carried out when the grass bushes hardest.

Per square meter lawn is recommended to do 200-300 punctures. In this case, aeration results will be most favorable. Aeration is even more favorable for the lawn, if you combine it with the dressing. There are mechanisms that allow the fertilizer to seal the holes, for example, on a common frame drum with teeth to pierce the mounted rotatable cylinder with openings. Through these holes right on the punctures poured fertilizer into the ground.

The fact that the turf on heavy soils it is possible for an extremely short time, just a few weeks, improved by aeration, confirmed by numerous tests and examples.

How do aerated lawn

Strictly speaking, to the aeration include not only puncture but also all agricultural practices that increase the access of air to the roots of the grass. Thus, it is also scarification, ie combing from the lawn of leaves and old grass fan-shaped rake or special machines, and vertical cutting - vertical incision turf. But this time we are talking mainly about the piercing.

If your lawn has a relatively small area, the piercing can be done with the forks or special sandals for aeration, or other devices. The technology works like this:

• Wait stable cloudy weather (in the heat puncturing can irreparably harm the lawn).
• Two days before the aeration well water the lawn (You can do the aeration after the rain, but the soil should not be too straight dirt, it should be just fine softened).

• Make rows of punctures on the lawn with overlap of 3-4 cm (see the condition of the turf - if it is not too tight, it will be enough, if the density of the turf is excessive, it will take one more pass - 90% to first.
• Wait a couple of days to dry out clods, plucked at pinholes. Grind these lumps rake, if necessary - to make fertilizer. Pour over the lawn.
• If the lawn has bald spots were, first podseyat seeds, and then to grind the rake clods of earth, leveled it and this well watered.

If you did everything correctly, a week later the lawn will be transformed to become bright green and begins to grow more quickly.

Repeat this operation can be every three weeks, as needed.

How to make aerating pitchfork

If pre how to water the lawn, the forks will be included in the turf like a knife through butter - talks about his experience of the participants FORUMHOUSE renat322. This work is not as hard as dreary and long. To avoid pulling out of the turf of the earth and, especially, the roots of the grass, the fork is not necessary to pull out immediately.

renat322 (User FORUMHOUSE):

I did so - thrust (pushing foot), I shook a little bit to the left and to the right, pulled smoothly. Remain clear straight holes.

How to aerate sandals

Aeration fork weave land takes two hours on average. In special sandals, it will go faster - about an hour on a hundred. Usually combine the two things at once - shoes feet in sandals and take the lawn mower. Get ready for the fact that sandals for aeration - is not shoes; it will be difficult, especially at the end. Another drawback - sandals with great care applied on a young grass. Therefore it is better not to make them aerate the lawn, which is less than a year.

Mcgoga (Member FORUMHOUSE):

Where the lawn young, with few roots, sandals taken when removing the soil from the lawn young!

To improve the performance of lawn aeration by means of aeration of sandals, it is recommended to pull out some of these spikes (toe and heel).

Balamutick (Member FORUMHOUSE):

The fact is that the dense soil is necessary to make an additional effort, for example, when my weight from 70 to 80 kg to me under my weight just do not immerse the spikes into the ground, it is necessary to stamp with an effort, and it is already overrun forces (!).

Removing the thorns pierce the turf will allow without additional loads, but do have often punctures.

How to make a drum aerator

Drum aerator convenient than sandals - just roll it on the lawn, and sharp pins, which are uniformly distributed over its surface, is left in the turf punctures.

On sale there are rollers for aeration - and towed, and with handles, but these tools are quite expensive. Member FORUMHOUSE Serg_VL planned to make such a device by hand. Here's what the experts advised him of our portal.

As planned, the roller is made from a length of thick-walled pipe to be inserted in a self-propelled mechanism (or left hand). Tubes that make punctures should be hollow. If the turf is pierced by a hollow tube, the soil on the walls of the puncture is not sealed. Further, material for the tubes should be a special "self-sharpening" steel. Tubes must be through to the other end of extruded ground. Does not necessarily make the tube long enough 5-7 cm, because even at such a depth to pierce a good lawn is difficult.

Punctures do better hollow tubes.

Aeration is not a pin, and a thin tube, is considered the most qualitative way. Due to the fact that the tube does not seal the soil, the effect of aeration lasts longer.

If your lawn has a problem, help you to FORUMHOUSE determine what happened to him, and advice on what to do. Read the article about how to create the perfect lawnWatch the video that will teach care for your lawn.

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