Video: aeration (avoiding the polka dot effect)

Watch the video, "Leach Before Aeration", here.

Seeing spots? If you forgot to leach before aerification, those polka dots you see are the likely result.

Late summer or early fall leaching is a time-honored practice that removes damaging salts from the root zone, and also carries badly needed oxygen to turf roots. But results depend greatly on proper timing. For best results, you always want to leach BEFORE aerification. This advice applies to any type of aerification — from venting…