Monday, 11 January 2010

Scarifying Lawns. Everything you need to know about

Scarifying - also known as de-thatching

What is scarifying? Scarifying is an essential part of a well maintained lawn. It is done to improve the general health by cutting through the thatch with a rake or a scarifying machine allowing the grass roots to breath and allow in more water, air and nutrients.

This improves the appearance of the grass over time, encouraging thicker, vertical growth of desirable lawn grasses, also improving the general appearance. This also helps prevent and reduce numerous lawn problems including moss growth and fungal diseases. Scarifying also helps to eradicate certain weeds including white clover, yorkshire fog grass and couch grass and self heal...(To read more click here.)

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