XPost: alt.home.repair
On 5/21/2023 10:31 AM, roggiemac wrote:
tried renting 3 different slice seeders to overseed existing lawn,
none of them sliced deep enough to touch the dirt
Use a lawn edger to aerate the lawn. Then spread the seeds using a
manual spreader.
Lawn edger
https://www.homedepot.com/p/Razor-Back-48-in-Wood-Handle-Turf-Edger-61108/205352517
Step on it with your boot, as seen in the second photo on the website.
It will go into the soil easily, no matter how compact the soil is, then
push the handle away from you and then pull it back. It will create
V-shaped opening in the soil. Then move the edger over and repeat. You
can decide how far apart the V-shaped openings are, according to your assessment of your need.
Trust me, because of the half-moon shape of the blade, it is very ease
to step the blade into the soil, then rock the handle back and forth to
open a V-shaped groove (a few inches deep) into the soil.
You may also choose to put the seeds into every groove you have opened
with the edger before moving to a new location. You may also control how
deep the groove is by stepping how deep into the soil with the edger.
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