Lawn Top Dressing Rake

In a wheelbarrow mix up a batch of leveling mix.

Lawn top dressing rake. Ames 16 tine welded bow rake 626 model 2825300 15 98. Compost based mixes are good for this. Without a doubt i was able to get a much better end product than simply using the backside of a garden rake for the entire project. Top dressing your lawn is an age old practice on golf courses.

This is called trickle dressing and works into the lawn better improves the decomposition of lawn thatch and is much less noticeable on fine lawns. Apply scoops of soil mix to low areas of the lawn using a shovel. Rake the topdressing to spread it out evenly. Thatch is not soil but an organic layer consisting of shed roots grass stems and other grass debris that develops on the soil surface.

In which case stick to just 1kg per square meter. De thatch the lawn with a garden rake or de thatcher. We have a new house rolled lawn and i was told the top dressing would smooth out all the holes divots in the lawn and also help the grass. When top dressing lawns you will gain the best results when it is combined with other cultural practices.

The price was a hefty 925 00 for doing just the front yard since the side yard and back yard sloped more than 14 degrees preventing their high tech hopper spreader from dispersing the sand. Razor back 15 tine forged bow rake 421 model 2853900. Apply 1 4 1 2 of soil mixture on top of the low areas. My video shows you how to attach this p.

Multitask by spreading seed or fertilizer on top of the compost. Hand rake the compost lightly with a leaf rake to help it settle through the grass. Top sellers most popular price low to high price high to low top rated products. You ll need to top dress the lawn for several subsequent years with the same soil blend to successfully change the soil composition.

Although top dressing an entire lawn with a manual tool is very labor intensive the levelawn did very well in this task and i would highly recommend it. Many lawns develop thatch. Top dressing your lawn is an age old practice on golf courses. It s best to aerate during the cool months of spring or fall especially after a rain that softens the soil.

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