Power raking is the process of
cutting swathes into the dead material of lawns to remove dead grass so the
soil can breathe and the grass can grow more efficiently. Power raking differs
from dethatching in extent. While dethatching tears deeply into the soil,
removing both dead layers and healthy root systems, power raking is a gentle
process design to tear out only the grass material at the surface of the soil.
A power raker is a specific
type of machine equipped with roto-tiller-like blades that are intended to be
used on lawns. It is about the size of a lawnmower, often larger, and many
homeowners rent them from local landscaping services. The blades are set to
turn just on the surface of the lawn, so that they dig into the grass bed and
dead material covering the soil without actually digging it up. Power rakers
produce a layer of detritus and a normal raking is often done afterwards.
Raking
should groom, not damage, your spring lawn as it wakes.
Raking the lawn each spring is one of
those tasks done by habit by homeowners. Before the days of mulching mowers and
leaf blowers, raking was one way to keep thatch at bay and remove winter’s
debris, but nowadays, machines have replaced muscle power in many lawn-grooming
tasks. Spring raking can still be helpful in maintaining a neat lawn -- if you
know how to use your rake to best effect.
Power
raking removes the buildup of thatch under a lawn.
Power raking removes thatch, a tight mat
of dead rhizomes, stems and roots, which builds up under the surface of a lawn.
Some thatch is beneficial to lawns, but too much blocks water, air and
nutrients from reaching the soil. If thatch gets thicker than 1/2 inch deep,
the roots grow in the thatch instead of the soil.
Preparing your lawn, the Spring is the best season to do it.
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