Summer Aerate

The early summer aerate is part of the Lawnporn summer program which can be found at www.lawnpornonline.com
My program is geared towards having the best lawn for the Christmas and holiday period for Australia. Obviously if you are in a different part of the world and growing warm season lawn, you would be doing the same when your summer starts.
I have always loved this video and it is worth a watch.
• Golf Course Greens Aer...
Aerating will relieve compaction and help with drainage and filtration. Regular aerating will ensure that water, air and nutrient flow and get to the root zone.
At this time of year I put down Embargo (suitable for TifTuf - always check a product is suitable for your grass type before using it) which is a pre emergent herbicide which will protect against summer pest grasses like summer grass. Every month I put down Moist soil wetter. Soil wetter will do a number of things. Its main aim is to save and use water. Moist will get water past the waxy layer which can develop on soils that stop accepting water because of this layer. Once the water is in the soil Moist will keep that water at the root zone where it is needed and evenly distribute that moisture so you don't get dry patches.
Fertilisation is important. Four Seasons granular fertiliser is Australia's most popular professional fertiliser. With dual controlled slow release nitrogen and potassium, and added iron you'll get an awesome result.
Following my program, my week 1 treatment is Lawnporn Launch+ and Root Builder+ tank mix. Launch+ is a great conditioning fertiliser, used in times when repair is needed (renovation or injury). Root Builder+ is a kelp that is designed to grow your root zone. It is a bit cheeky to stack treatments, which I do with caution. Four Seasons for example has Iron, I would be reluctant to follow a treatment of Four Seasons a couple of days before with a product like Green Light or Charger which has Iron as well.
I had a few issues with my summer aerate this season and while I was trying to get the same result as that Golf Greens Aerification 101 video, it didn't quite work the same. My top dress was too wet and I think my sward (6mm) was too high. The holes didn't fill easily and the top dress mostly stuck to the sward.
I changed tack a little bit and this is explained in the video. Luckily I had the Swardman rotary brush attachment. I waited a few days for the top dress to dry. Although it wasn't completely dry it was much better. Maybe the core holes were a bit small however I got there in the end, did my treatments. This should recovery pretty much in a week or so.
I have had the low height of cut (5-6mm) and have enjoyed putting now for a couple of months. My lawn is TifTuf couch (TifTuf Bermuda). If you want to do the same you need to do a few things. Some tips for getting it low and maintaining it low can be found here.
• TOP 3 TIPS FOR THE LOW...
For me I start raising my height of cut in summer for a few reasons. For my lawn type I think it looks much better in the 8mm - 10mm range. The green is deeper and it looks more lush in my opinion. That extra height is much easier to manage and will also shade the ground more and conserve water by helping to limit evaporation. Summer at Port Augusta SA can be very extreme. Last summer we had a day of 52 degrees, which is 125 F... Wow!! just hot..
Well I hope you have a great summer with your lawn and a happy Christmas holiday period.
Get your lawn on!!

[@codyramos3200]

I've never seen aeration done that ended with the ground looking like a peg board. The uniformity gave it that ultra professional look.

[@lawnporn]

Cheers mate

[@roberthamilton2334]

Your garden buddies as level as a golf course!!

[@lawnporn]

Cheers

[@jsnow385]

Hello from the us. Glad I get my lawn fix in my winter. Keep them coming. Your yard is looking great.

[@lawnporn]

Mate great to hear from you. Glad your liking the vids. I should be pretty busy making vids between the 12th to Christmas. Plenty of content coming.

[@jamesdavis5517]

Hands and knees with a straight edge, Matt. You can’t beat it. Dry sand and a straight edge about a metre long is a better finish than a broom or a landscaping leveler except of course you have a lawn over about 200m2. The other method I use is; get a small funnel and a fill each hole individually..it sounds like a slow process but it actually gives you a break as you core.

[@Hahehhwgajshah72726..]

Or you can make 2" holes with a proplugger like I do and push your top dressing into the holes with a lawn leveller.Too easy.

[@harakiri881]

I will follow your advice.

[@samborambo9745]

Good work man that's a good job and that is a work horse and a half that sweeper

[@lawnporn]

Cheers. Yeah the sweeper tool in that works well.

[@aaronp3781]

#subscribed met Troy from Melton Golf & Bowling Machinery through this page. He sorted out my Scotty 45 reel sharpen and turns out he lives a short drive from our home! Game On, Lawn On!!

[@lawnporn]

Aaron P thanks mate got my groomer reel from them.

[@doglifehub]

I wish I lived there. You sound like you live in a zoo to my ears. I'd give anything to hear those birds in the wild!

[@apiranawilson]

Move to new zealand mate, we have native birds chirping all day

[@FlashTechEngineering]

Hi mate I'm in Adelaide I done mine 3 weeks ago, try coring clean up .. the light water. Then add the launch treatment.. water in well .. leaving for 3 days let the roots get a kick start .. then top dress on the 3rd day of initial coring .. then use 4 seasons and weed treatment.. wow what a difference 👍👍😀 your products are amazing.. cheers David

[@lawnporn]

Thanks mate

[@johnhamilton9229]

Just subscribed. Hello from Pinehurst NC. Stunning lawn. Looking forward to watching more of your videos.

[@Thegobstopper61]

Man you have some feckin patience to do all that. Good job though.

[@evdave6693]

Yeah…nah. He can have that!

[@calbuilder7357]

Love the hard work you put in

[@brycethurbon9148]

looks like you dog has been locked in the yard for awhile a around 4min hahahaha

[@testtickle6143]

I am pouring concrete after watching this video

[@carolineconnelly7628]

Nice work buddy 👍

[@lawnporn]

Thanks 👍

[@petersonterry861]

Matt I love you videos I live on the Sunshine Coast in Kawana Island but got Sir Walter Buffalo keep up the good work.

[@brianmarktyler7867]

Fantastic work and you have a lovely garden.

[@Szdday]

Awesome job and video as usual Matt!

[@lawnporn]

thank you

[@Galaxylynx12]

Hey. Tons of work but well worth it! Can you provide the link or brand name for the aerating tool? Many thanks!

[@392_RHINO]

I'll rent a core aerator before I do this. Rental is $40 bucks for 4 hours which will save so much time but great job boss

[@matthewsticher9431]

Another great video from the Lawn Legend, always great information.

[@lawnporn]

thanks for that mate

[@sinhafamily]

I am surprised nobody asked about the aerator. So what aerator is that? Never seen such clean holes from a manual aerator.

[@lawnporn]

Reel solutions hand aerator. www.reelsolutions.com.au/products/aerator

[@nathanixl_]

Oh you’re from port Augusta hahaha, I’m from port Pirie nice lawn man!

[@bossman9758]

So after watering when to aerate couple minutes or hours

[@PatrickGuerrisi]

What areator do you have ? Mine just get stuck inside

[@lawnporn]

Reel Solutions

[@anthonypeirce5875]

hi there thats a great hand hollow tine Aerater could you tell me please the make of it thankyou anthony

[@lawnporn]

Got it reel solutions

[@anthonypeirce5875]

thankyou mate

[@stueey2698]

Hey, I liked the different intro, straight into the good stuff. Enjoyed the good amount of info. When you use the sand... is that just bricky sand? Our landscape supply guy in Dubbo advises loam, which sets like concrete, I am guessing sand wouldn't set hard. Good Aussie channel🇦🇺

[@lawnporn]

Thanks for the feedback. Appreciate that. The sand I’ve used is top dress special blend from Garden Grove in SA. It’s a fine sand. No rocks. Makes for easy spreading and level. I have used a brickies sand before which was available at a country supplier. It wasn’t totally ideal but did ok. Loam is always an option because it’s quite sandy and has the best qualities of sand but also has some nutrients with the organic matter in it.

[@stueey2698]

Yep ok, thanks for the info, cheers

[@billyb224]

You did’nt show me how that machine worked and what effort was required!

[@jebsmith1156]

Hi from Queensland. The videos have me pumped to fix my sir Walter lawn. Is it too late in the summer to put top soil down and level out the uneven spots?

[@lawnporn]

Jeb Smith certainly can do roghtvtill the end of summer and into early autumn

[@ddrum278]

I have the same manual corer but seems to clog and not leave cores over the ground any tips on what I must be doing wrong?

[@lawnporn]

It might be the ground? I water the day before using fairly deeply.

[@apiranawilson]

Hey nice vid. Quick question, is there a point when you over core aerate that you will eventually have hardly any top soil left and just mostly sand left? Noticed your core plugs were half brown and half orange which suggests to me you have like a 50/50 ratio orlf sand and soil in your top 100mm?

[@lawnporn]

This is why you topdress.. the orange is my sand base that is normal for port Augusta. it is an arid desert region of South Australia.

[@apiranawilson]

@@lawnporn yeah i get that but i notice most suggest to top dress with sand to level. So effectively removing soil and replacing with sand

[@gayraw]

Dat music is nice and the lawn also I quess

[@christopherthomson1978]

do you have to fill the holed back in ?

[@nihongo02341]

What is a swardmen rotary attachment? So after coring, just put some top dress on it and make it flat?

[@iceman846]

What are you doing , trying to make a putting green

[@M4rt_FX]

I've got Sir Walter in Vic, when I use that same aerate tool, the dirt just clogs up... won't pull the cores shortly after I use. Any tips? Good channel!

[@deadlymantis4210]

A good watering for a few days before hand ??????

[@M4rt_FX]

@@deadlymantis4210 Cheers, will do next time.

[@jamesdavis5517]

Do the tynes have a side ejector or does the soil get pushed through the the top? Cheap tools push through the top (or more accurately, don’t) and are a waste of time and money. You won’t be disappointed with the one Matt has reviewed.

[@kingkon164]

Maybe you should look into ordering a snow shovel on Amazon. It would help with picking up the plugs faster because it's so much wider.

[@franciscosalas4200]

Brother what’s the make and model of the aerator your using

[@camdebgill2603]

#newsubscriber. Top info. Loving the channel 👍🏼

[@lawnporn]

Thank you

[@lovethelawn7149]

Hey just subscribed, looking forward to watching your content 👍🙂

[@lawnporn]

Thanks for that!! :)

[@itguy108]

Why using sand instead of using top soil to filling the holes?

[@yelnatsnart]

Which airating tool is that?

[@JO3haNsum]

What is the name/ type of grass in this video?

[@lawnporn]

Tiftuf Couch/Bermuda

[@lsm8227]

Silica dust mannnnn!???

[@420-t8s]

One reason I want the Swardman: versatility One reason I don’t: price

[@Avital4414]

Why the sand?

[@jasongiovanni9545]

Have you ever had 100% organic compost as a top dress?

[@musicmansweden]

Thanks for an informative video! What fraction of sand do you use if you have clay underneath the grass like I do? Thanks

[@burnspics2]

Hey mate, great vid! What type of sprinkler is that in the background at 1:00 min?

[@lawnporn]

I have Weathermatic pop ups and Hunter MP Rotators. I have a ProLine Weathermatic Controller and SmartSim controller that links to the mobile network so I can control from the phone. Weathermatic is only available from Reece Irrigation I think (not 100% on that one) but Hunter MP Rotators are available everywhere and they are excellent.

[@ahoif]

How do you get the cores to come out

[@lawnporn]

The next core as you push in pushes the next core out of the aerator

[@ahoif]

@@lawnporn thanks I think it’s a different type your fall out from the side mine try to shoot through the top and just get clogged

[@krzysztofhala8149]

👍😆

[@Hahehhwgajshah72726..]

I find 12mm plugs pretty much hopeless.I use 19mm tinnes on my modified cyclone aerator(Way easier getting topdress down in holes and more of it) and for even better effect I proplugged my whole back yard on crappy soil with the 4" depth ring then filled my holes with compost I make myself.My lawn transformed into something completely different. With a hand corer/pro plugger and commitment,effort and time you can change any lawn. Good effort. Ps.Get rid of the dead leaves off those yukkas too.They look awful.

[@loganross1861]

I bought one of these things and the dirt doesn’t come up out of the hollow spear. It just gets clogged and that’s that 🤨 then I have to get a screw driver and it’s a pain in the ass to get the plug out

[@lawnporn]

that's sad to hear. I find a big wet the day before helps. the next push in pushes the old plug out.

[@cbut098]

I'm in America, this doesn't pertain to me this time of year.😂🤣😂🤣

[@gibo6499]

Cripes m8

[@manishrai3373]

Next time zoysia..

[@jak50n]

#subscribed #newsubscriber

[@godhansinghtyagi3461]

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[@catherinedarcy9760]

Good video. Terrible choice of music.

[@rodneyzurek4900]

Astro turf would be less expensive!

[@sevvy101]

This dude has OCD

[@nigelgrimmett851]

There is always artificial grass

[@johnp82]

Your soil must be completely free of small rocks.