Fixing Compaction in Your Lawn Increases Nutrient and Water Uptake

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We are fixing compaction in this video. OK, this may be a little over kill, but the compaction I have is bad. Standing water that invites fungus, nutrients and water not getting down to the plant, and I can't even put my spike sprinkler into the ground. This needs to be fixed before the summer heat dries everything out, and everyone puts away their aerators. If you find this video helpful hit the thumbs up if you could and tap the SUBSCRIBE button for more helpful videos.
My Steps
1. Cut it short to get the best results from the aerator. Dethatch beforehand if you can.

2. Pick up the cores, and don't leave them. Use your mower and bag them up or dethatcher with a bag. Weed seeds could be in there. Also, we need to remove material to loosen up the ground. This is also a good opportunity to overseed.

3. Gypsum, this is supposed to loosen up hard pan and clay. Get it into those holes and water it in. I am not sure how much to use, but I'm putting down 240lbs on a little over 4k sq. ft. It's probably overkill, but I'm trying to change my soil structure. I'm also going to be putting down soil conditioner in future videos.

-Leaf chute for lawn bags

-40lbs bag of Anderson Gypsum. Higher quality than what i used

Just go to home depot it's cheaper but if you like stuff shipped to your door.

-Soil Conditioner

Putting it down in the next videos.

-Lesco 50lbs. Spreader

-Lesco 80lbs. Spreader

#compaction #soiltips #gypsum #soilconditioner
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Great video Clint. I just put down 200lbs of that exact same gypsum a few weeks ago to help with soil compaction!

TheLawnLover
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I will be paying attention to the result

lawndingo
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Nice. How much did it cost for someone to come out and aerate your lawn?

Woonyvillan
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Great Video what area of the country are you in?

aattville
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I tried getting a quote to use the company in your video, but they did not respond back..

theclumsycarper
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Won't visually notice anything. I've used gypsum for a few years and really the only thing I've seen is my CEC has slowly dropped year over year.

StripeLife-cybc
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I used it last year just made my calcium and magnesium levels jump can’t say I saw any improvement in the compaction. Aeration as soon as the bleeping snow stops!!!! 🤬

jaymetheaccountant