Lawn Aeration
Reference is made in nearly all articles on lawn management to the serious effect of excessive consolula tion of the turf surface upon the growth of urass. Too much rolling is a common cause of trouble in this idirection, but hard wear on tennis courts and other greens, upon which many feet are constantly treading, is bound, by the end of the; season, to compress the earth to the exclusion of air Perforation or piercing of the turf if recommended for this condition A garden fork may be used for small plots nuiking holrs ahoub tlm# inches apart and three inches deep all over the lawn These are left open for a week or ten days, then filled in by brushing sand iijto them.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23009, 9 April 1938, Page 10 (Supplement)
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126Lawn Aeration New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23009, 9 April 1938, Page 10 (Supplement)
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