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Fall Lawn Dethatching – Why and How to DeThatch Your Lawn the Easy Way

There is debate over how often to dethatch your lawn, but I use a simple method to tell if your lawn needs dethatching. I take a Groundskeeper II rake and just start raking. If it pulls up a lot of thatch, then it’s time!

This is important in the beginning of spring and beginning of fall. The grass can shed or have dead blades after a harsh winter or a harsh summer. Raking it up gets the gunk out so it can recover quickly.

I prefer the Groundskeeper II rake because it’s design allows you to have no down pressure while raking, so it’s incredibly easy to use. It also doesn’t damage the good grass like a thatching rake will. With a thatching rake you can destroy the crowns of good grass, causing it to be more stressed and take longer to recover.

You can find the rake in Ace Hardware and online. They don’t pay me to talk about them, but they did send me 2 free rakes after seeing my video raving about the rake 😉

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Fall Lawn Dethatching – Why and How to DeThatch Your Lawn the Easy Way

There is debate over how often to dethatch your lawn, but I use a simple method to tell if your lawn needs dethatching. I take a Groundskeeper II rake and just start raking. If it pulls up a lot of thatch, then it’s time!

This is important in the beginning of spring and beginning of fall. The grass can shed or have dead blades after a harsh winter or a harsh summer. Raking it up gets the gunk out so it can recover quickly.

I prefer the Groundskeeper II rake because it’s design allows you to have no down pressure while raking, so it’s incredibly easy to use. It also doesn’t damage the good grass like a thatching rake will. With a thatching rake you can destroy the crowns of good grass, causing it to be more stressed and take longer to recover.

You can find the rake in Ace Hardware and online. They don’t pay me to talk about them, but they did send me 2 free rakes after seeing my video raving about the rake 😉

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Check out my DIY Lawn Renovation:

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How to apply fall pre emergent

Everyone knows to apply pre-emergent in the spring, but fall is important as well! There are many weeds that germinate in the fall and give you trouble all year long.

I prefer using Prodiamine WDG. The granuals are easy to weigh and mix. In this video I also added Tenacity to do a blanket spray. It will highlight any nimblewill in the lawn to attack later.

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Fall Lawn Repair – Fixing Bare Spots in Lawns

The best time for lawn repair is in the fall. I’ll show you how to patch small areas and larger areas in your lawn. It’s easy and you can have the kids help you with it.

The grass seed I used was Kentucky Bluegrass, but you can do the same steps with any cool season lawn.

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