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Originally Posted by lsturbointeg
Dethatching is gonna help tremendously. I would use a rake to break down some of the clumping tho with the dirt. how much of the yard are you actually reseeding? oh, what State are you in BTW?
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The yard is uneven enough where it didn't get everywhere. I raked out a lot of dead grass a couple of months ago. I mainly wanted to scuff up the soil this time. For whatever wasn't scuffed or dethatched, I put soil mix over. I used a metal leaf/lawn rake to clean up some of the stuff that came up (& scuff some areas that the implement missed). Wifey got ahold of my backpack leaf blower and used it to clean up 2/3 of it, though, so I just let it go.....ran thru the last of my fuel mix, too.
It was gonna rain a little tonight so I was first going to see if that helped break down the clumps. It makes me feel better to think that it is similar to core aeration, though. lol My lawn repair will be a multi season/year ordeal. I'll probably buy some Air-8 and D-Thatch. Incidentally, if I go dark/silent for a while later this year....it's because the wife off'ed me after all the effort that's been going into the lawn this season. Also means that all the works didn't reap a great reward. lol
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