How to care for your lawn in autumn | Grow at Home | RHS

Turf expert Nigel Downs shares his top tips for Autumn lawn care. There's quite a lot here, so feel free to skip to the part most useful to you - doing just one of these will bring noticeable results to your lawn come spring.

Intro: (0:00)
Scarification: (0:16)
Aeration: (3:53)
Top dressing: (6:46)
Overseeding: (9:50)

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[meandera]

wow. what a brilliant teacher. thankyou!

[woodlandsedge]

Does it matter as to what blade you use on your scarification as to the time of year if that makes

[geansai]

Any tips for turning a couch grass filled small field into a 'fairway' ?
I don't know where to start . . I guess you'll tell me to plough it. : )

[myopenmind]

I’ve 2/3rd of an acre. Think I need to go the mechanical route.

[scotgear]

Can you add autumn feed & moss killer after over seeding, will this compromise the new seed?

[skrame]

I don't understand why people say aeration encourages root growth. Air kills roots. They even have special pots with holes on the sides for 'air pruning' roots.

[evieemaya]

Does anyone know of you should cut the grass really low or do you keep it at a medium height?

[melvjohnson]

should you mow the lawn before you start scarifying etc?

[drskhandejavu]

Aeration in clay soil is awful with fork

[test]

How do you keep the bloody birds from eating your over seedings?