LCC Grounds Maintenance: Verticutting and Aerating

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Tuesday, September 29, 2009

Verticutting and Aerating

A film by Andrew Walsh.

Verticutting first, then going right over the dethatched area with the aerator. We then blow the plugs into piles and pick up. All the plugs are composted and reused several years later as topdressing. Longwood has been doing this for years so it's soil usage has been self sustaining for decades.

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