Aeration - pick up the cores or just leave em?

Bowers · #1 (**permalink**) 09-26-2007, 10:31 PM

I say pick up the cores after aerating, my wife says just leave em. What do you guys say? Any good methods for clean up?

Raj Venugopal · #2 (**permalink**) 09-26-2007, 10:37 PM

Listen to your wife.

Stonehenge · #3 (**permalink**) 09-27-2007, 07:46 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Raj Venugopal
Listen to your wife.

Always good advice.

Plus, you ever tried raking up the plugs?

Leave 'em. If it's good enough for golf courses, it's good enough for residential yards.

Hamons · #4 (**permalink**) 09-27-2007, 07:52 AM

The cores are beneficial. They willbreak down when exposed tot he surface and refill the holes.

IF you need to speed up the process alittle then you can go over the yard witha power rake set so iti s just at the surface level.

Fine Edge · #5 (**permalink**) 09-27-2007, 10:29 AM

Leave em.

Forge · #6 (**permalink**) 09-27-2007, 09:15 PM

We always leave them, whatever doesn't break down fast enough just gets mowed up anyway.

Bowers · #7 (**permalink**) 09-27-2007, 11:06 PM

Thanks guys. Patty says (my wife) "I told you so!!!"

Fine Edge · #8 (**permalink**) 09-28-2007, 08:16 PM

Mine says that all the time , too.

Raj Venugopal · #9 (**permalink**) 09-28-2007, 08:51 PM

Takes a big man to tuck his tail between his legs!

Sammy · #10 (**permalink**) 11-06-2007, 07:04 AM

Yup, leave them and listen to your wife. ;o]

GLAN · #11 (**permalink**) 03-03-2008, 10:01 AM

Leaving the cores helps to naturaly control Thatch

Gene-gls · #12 (**permalink**) 03-15-2008, 11:10 PM

I take a peice of chain link fence and drag it around to brake them up. I hate mowing when someone else has left them for Mother Nature to brake down.

EpicInterlock · #13 (**permalink**) 03-16-2008, 11:09 AM

Leave it alone.....