Understanding Core Aeration vs. Dethatching

we'll bring it out there and now one of the questions is when do you want a core air rate and when do you want to dech this is a great question and I think we need to address that so as Zach pouring seed in I'll explain the difference coration is perfect for compacted areas that you need to loosen up that soil High foot traffic dethatching is more designed to pull up this the dead grass and vegetation that has matted below the grass let's just take a look this needs dethatching this is suffocating the lawn right here okay you need to come in and deat this area cuz the grass is just not going to grow here now if I deat over here I will loosen up the ground but not the same as coration this has been compacted this is dead because I've put all of my equipment here and I need to get bring it back to life I can say for certain that your lawn will almost always benefit from coration but not all Lawns will benefit from dethatching in fact some lawns need a little bit of their thatch left what are are you having an issue Zach well I just don't want to dump it all out the bottom of it cuz the gate the gate's wide open on it that's smartless you want to waste all the seed no nope don't want to waste the seeds so let's close her [Music]