Scarification is a thatch control and pruning technique that helps to keep the lawn healthy and promotes a thicker, lush lawn, reducing the risk of disease, weeds and moss issues. This can be carried out throughout the year but should be done in Spring and Autumn depending on conditions.

A vital air exchange happens when removing thousands of small cores from the lawn or creating thousands of slits. Oxygen, vital for root growth, gets into the compacted layer and carbon dioxide, so harmful as it inhibits the passage of water to the roots, escapes. Regular aeration is integral to a lawn as it: • Relieves surface compaction • Increases microbial activity • Improves air movement in the lawn (air goes in, carbon dioxide gets released) • Encourages new root growth • Prunes the roots improving depth and thickness • Improves nutrient uptake • Reduces the build-up of thatch • Improves the infiltration rate of water into the soil • Improves drainage • Helps strengthen your lawn’s resistance to weeds, moss and disease

An impressive lawn calls for a regular lawn feeding program because your lawn gets mowed. Mowing is a serious drain on the soil’s reserve of major nutrients, nitrogen becomes exhausted quite quickly whereas phosphates and potash will reduce more slowly. Unless reserves are replaced you will find your grass will turn pale, thin and sparse.

Overseeding, is sometimes known as reseeding, is one of the quickest and most effective ways to rejuvenate your lawn. Overseeding lawn treatment is the application of grass seed to your existing lawn which replenishes the existing grass and fills in bare patches. Overseeding is always provided in conjunction with either scarification or aeration and is not just about improving the appearance of your lawn, it will also improve the lawn’s quality; increasing shade and drought tolerance whilst also improving your lawns resistance to diseases.

Following a seasonal treatment, you will notice the weeds dying and the grass greening up within a couple of weeks.

We recommend that you don't cut your lawn for 3 days either side of any treatment. This is to ensure that we can see the weeds and the treatment of them has a couple of days to reach the roots.