The best way to STOP your LAWN getting WATERLOGGED this winter - start now!
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- Опубликовано: 7 окт 2024
- In today's video, I show you how I'm getting my lawn ready for winter my aerating and top dressing it!
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One side effect of hollow-core aerating and not filling in the holes, is that your lawn level will sink. Important to keep this in mind if you’ve worked hard to get a perfectly flat surface.
It’s always worth top dressing
I always put gypsum on mine after doing it as well.
How do you make the choice to use gypsum?
@@wayneessar7489 it’s good at breaking down light clay - which is what I’ve got.
Literally just sat down for a brew having done same to my back lawn which doesn’t get much Sun in winter.
It's a big task, but not too bad in the temperatures we've got at the moment 😅
For me, it's operation 'let's get this lawn through winter for the first time ever ' mode!
@@NoviceGardener we’ve got an 80kg Newfoundland dog, so at end of summer soil is definitely compacted from him.
I used to think the same way about hollow tine aeration and compaction: do it 1-2 times a year regardless. The 'experts' say to do it as well as everyone else it seems. I then did some soil science study and found out compaction with a hollow tine fork will only relieve compaction if it exists in the first place. No one I've seen yet knows how to measure compaction, so how do they know it exists and so needs to be relieved by hollow tining? Most domestic lawns dont have a compaction problem.
Tricky one to measure, but there must be something out there. But it's more than just alleviating compaction: getting air down there, allowing water to pass through more easily, etc.
I've taken the advice of those who have been in the industry a long time this year, so hopefully I end up with more of a lawn rather than a mud bath by Feb! 🤞🏻
@NoviceGardener Ideal soil contains 25% water and 25% air. It therefore follows that compacted soil has much less than this ideal, maybe 5% air. If soil isn't anywhere near compacted, it still has a good percentage of air in the structure and water will still pass. How do we measure compaction levels? It is by using an instrument called a 'penetrometer'. This in effect mimics the force a plant root needs to move deeper down the soil. Roots can't penetrate any deeper if the force required to do so is around 300 psi (pounds per square inch). A penetrometer measures the force required to push a probe into the soil. Anything over about 200psi means the plant would benefit if the soil had less compaction. Now these aren't cheap (£200-300) but there is a simpler home D.I.Y test that's pretty close.
Watch Daniel Hibbert.. Britain's best lawn...said aeration is a complete waste of time
@davegill7614 I have. Aeration as in hollow tine aeration is worth doing if compaction exists. If it doesn't (and most of the time it isn't) exist no benefit will be derived so for the most part I agree with Mr Hibbert.
Very useful video 👍.....where do you get the top dressing from?
Cheers 👍🏻
It's from Agrigem, just their 70/30 top dressing
I'm about to finish the garden with a brand new lawn. What would you recommend for a 10m2 patch.
Ryegrass/fescue or
Bent/fescue
Soil is terrible new build clay but will be laying 150mm of nice loam soil on top for the lawn to lay on.
I bought a slow growing mix on ebay,and it's come up really well,with fine grasses,and is is slow growing.
To be honest, anything will do the job, but it just depends on how well it drains and what type of lawn you’re after. Rye/fescue will always establish faster, but bent/fescue will give you less maintenance in the long term, depending on how on top of it you are.
The wife wants it turfed and the drainage is TBD. Definitely would prefer less maintenance to but also happy to put in the work for a pristine lawn.
Just trying to get the Knowledge to know what grass to get 😅
What’s the aerating hollow tine tool you are using?
Bought one on eBay. Plenty of very similar ones,available.
Swardman hollow tine aerator. Expensive, but class
@@NoviceGardener amazing thank you 🙏🏻
The ones I've tried are rubbish. The soil plugs don't come out. This one looks like it works.
Since its so small would it be easier to just dig it up to about 6 inches and add rootzone so you never need to worry again and also have better grass in the long term?
What's rootzone?
@MrJamesBorda combination of grit sand and soil. I literally did what this comment from Steve said and it's come up really well on my lawn
I could do, but I’m happy with working with what I have there at the moment. If this species gets through winter ok with the current plan, I will end up saving a fair bit of time and money.
What's happened to the bottom lawn, it looks quite black....iron?
It was just filmed on the same day I did the same process as in this video. Looking back to its decent self now 💪