How To Aerate your Lawn EASY - CORE AERATION

in today's video we're gonna talk about core aeration for your lawn now like a lot of things in life if he just knew those tricks before you started the job could be a lot easier and in this video I am gonna talk about how to do it but more importantly the focus is to make aerating your lawn easier by sharing these simple tricks many of which you need to know before you even start aerating so watch this video and I'll show you how to make the job that much easier now before you even begin you've got to think about when you're gonna aerate your lawn and the fall is gonna be the best time for most people to aerate their lawns temperatures are cooler the grass is growing well and if you're going to add some seed fall is the right time of year to do it now that we know when we want to aerate we've got to think about the equipment and you might be thinking that it's no big deal because you just go to the rental shop and they'll give you a narrator well that's right but you want to know something before you even go and that is to get the right kind of aerator now what you're looking at here is a traditional-style aeration and that's where you rent the aerator like this you'll make a pass and when you get to the end you'll notice that I have to lift the machine up and then I can turn it now this is why most people hate aerating because once you've done this a bunch of times your body's worn out and you just be but something changed with aerators over the past 10 years that is great news for everybody and that's that there are new style aerators that allow turning in place and as you can see here I'm doing a figure eight I've never lifted the machine once now turning this is still a little bit harder than just say mowing the lawn but it's so much easier than raising and lowering the machine so the biggest thing you need to know is before you rent your machine is to call the store and tell them you want to rent an aerator that allows in place turning and hopefully they'll have that kind in stock but if they don't you want to call around and find one that has this because the job will be so much easier now that you've chosen the right machine that can turn you've got to get at home now the good news is the store's gonna put it on the truck of the car for you so that part's easy but once you get home you're on your own and you've got to get it off so this is where my next tip really comes into play because these machines were built for this and they actually have the ability to get a little bit lighter now doing this can make these things a lot easier to get on and off your truck and that's because these machines have removable weights it's not obvious at first but when you look closer you're gonna realize that you've either got weights on the side or on the back that can be removed and doing this makes the machine a lot lighter so you're always going to want to do this before you lift the machine and it'll make the job a little bit easier with our machine in the ground we've reinstalled our weights but there's one more thing that we need to do and that's actually to add even more weight and we're gonna do that by filling our water tank in the front of the machine now almost all of these quality machines have some type of a water tank and again that's so that we can add weight when we want it but when we're going to reload this back in our car truck we can take the weight off by draining this tank out don't forget to fill this tank because doing this is gonna make the machine penetrate the ground so much more now our machines almost ready to go and some basic tips about operating it now this runs just like a lawn mower it's got a gas valve a choke and an on/off switch but the differences are going to be about these extra levers and handles now each aerator can vary a little bit but almost all of them are going to have the same functional controls and that's gonna be one lever that's going to engage those tines and the tines are what's spinning the ground and poke the holes to aerate and that bottom lever there is the one that's gonna allow you to lower the machine so when this machine is sitting like this you can roll it anywhere because those tines are not in the ground it only penetrates the ground when you finally lower that lever you've got an irrigation system you're gonna want to mock where those sprinkler heads are you can chance it an air rate without doing this but there's a good chance you're gonna hit one of them and you will destroy the head so I recommend getting these inexpensive flags getting a helper if you can and turn your sprinklers on have the mark where they are and then you can just avoid these flags when you're aerating I also highly recommend that you mow the lawn prior to air rating this is gonna let it just get that much closer to the lawn and make sure those tines penetrate properly you're going to want to use your mowers adjustment on the deck to reduce your height a cut I like to mow anywhere between about an inch and a half to two and a half inches when I aerate you don't have to scalp it but cut it short enough so that your aerator can get close to the soil aerating in a way is easier than mowing when you mow you've got to follow straight lines but when you're aerating it doesn't matter if you go in straight lines or zigzag around the important thing is here you want to get as much coverage as possible but don't stress if you can't hit a certain area or you go over an area twice none of that matters every hole is beneficial and your goal is to just do as much as you can without wearing yourself out now even with an easy stair type machine it is a lot of work to aerate your lawn and it does take some time but doing these things has made this much easier for me and I don't get nearly as worn out as I used to and when you're done aerate and you're going to have thousands a little all over your lawn and that's a good thing because those holes are gonna allow water air fertilizer and nutrients to get to the root system but those little cores will actually break down and decompose and they kind of even top dress your lawn a bit because they are comprised of soil so you never would want to collect them or remove them because there's no benefit because you basically be throwing soil away and with the aeration job complete we've just got to prep the machine to get it back to the store so we're gonna remove those weights again and don't forget to drain that tank on the front because you want this machine as light as possible when you put it back in your truck so getting the right aerator and knowing a few tricks can make doing this job so much easier I struggle for a lot of years and I finally got to this point where I could do it easily without all that stress so I hope this video was helpful to you as you learn to aerate your lawn because it's something you're probably going to do at least every year so being efficient at it and having it be easier it makes all the difference so if you like this video please give me a thumbs up subscribe to my channel if you're not already and comment below and stay tuned for more videos coming up

Channel: Silver Cymbal

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Length: 6min 14sec (374 seconds)

Published: Sun Aug 25 2019