Using an Aerator machine on Lawn — What is the best aerating pattern to execute on my lawn?
Question by BS9999: Using an Aerator machine on Lawn — What is the best aerating pattern to execute on my lawn?
I am renting a core aerator machine and i have never used one before. My lawn is 10,000 sq ft in a very new neighborhood with between 13 to 26 sprinklers in the lawn. I plan to set up markers at these sprinklers so i can dodge them while aerating.
What is the best pattern i should follow when using this aerator machine to cover the entire area?
** My plan is to start along the edge of the lawn and follow it all the way around until i loop back to where i started and then move in to paralel my the holes…and then keep doing this until i wind up doing circle after circle until i get to the center of the lawn. Is that ok to do … or should i do it in 1 direction (like mowing a lawn) and then do another pass at a right-angle to the original way i was doing it?
Pleas help!
Best answer:
Answer by ddstantlerstill
The continuous circle will be just fine.You want to aerate it not till it.You want enough holes to allow oxygen to the roots but you don’t want to tare up your lawn doing it.
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Most rental aerators (typically Ryan) only pull approximately 4.7 cores per square foot. The recommended, effective average is 15-20 cores per square foot. This recommendation comes from any University Extension Service you look at across the USA (including the University of Illinois Extension Service). Therefore, I would advise that you do the crossing pattern (at right angles). With typical rental equipment, the crossing pattern will NOT give you to the ideal 15-20 cores per square foot average, but it will be much better than using a single pass. Good luck and happy aerating.