New house with hard pack soil

[Karen Fletcher]

LOL! I can see the headlines now: "Signature line prompts Internet marriage proposal".

Fishing as such would not present a problem, provided only the edible parts of any resulting fish are permitted to enter the house.

-- Karen

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[LAH]

You've gotten some good responses but I'd like to add one other thing. I hope you are not catching the grass clippings but are allowing the clippings to remain on the lawn to act as a mulch. Soil such as you describe and what I too have, needs all the organic material it can get. This is no over night solution and probably won't solve your problem any time soon. However from experience, I can tell you it does eventually help.

[Vox Humana]

I still would like to see something besides speculation about why one should not aerate during the summer.

[Doug Kanter]

OK. Tell us where you live. That'll help.

[Vox Humana]

I did a search and the information I found says that the timing of aeration depends on the type of grass you have. Some lawns should be aerated in the spring while other should be aerated in the summer. I live in Cincinnati, and according to the information posted that has little to do with the timing since I could have either type of grass.

[nswong]

I believe those aerate at summer are cold weather grass, and those aerated at spring are warm weather grass. They are aerated while in dormancy.

This is the last guess, no more. :-)

Sorry about the speculation.

Regards, Wong

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[Gardñ]

"Doug Kanter" in news:HbCGc.42$ [e-mail]:

rather hot now. plus we're still close to summer solstice (longest days). but plants might be 'programmed' to grow faster now than later.

btw, does anyone know whether those pluggers handle rock or pebble infested soils?

[Gardñ]

"Vox Humana" in news:nbHGc.189816$DG4.27308 @fe2.columbus.rr.com:

sounds like a slow way to lower grade :)