Hollow tine or solid tine aeration? What’s the difference?
Both let air, water and fertiliser get down to the roots. The difference is how they do it and when it suits your lawn.
Hollow tines pull small plugs of soil out of the lawn. That frees up hard, packed soil and gives the roots room to spread. It’s the one to go for if your lawn’s copping a lot of foot traffic, water’s running off, or it’s looking thin and tired. We do hollow tine from spring through to mid autumn, while the lawn’s growing and can fill the holes back in.
Solid tines just poke holes without pulling any soil out. It’s easier on the lawn and less mess, so it’s good for a bit of a freshen up. We use it in the wetter months, when the ground’s softer and the lawn’s growing slower.
If the soil’s hard and compacted, hollow tine is usually the go. If you just want to keep things breathing over the cooler months, solid tine does the job. Not sure? We’ll take a look and let you know.
We suggest doing aeration with a fertiliser and a wetting agent at the same time, so the water and feed get straight down where the lawn needs them.
Our Advanced program includes a spring aeration, and Signature adds an autumn one as well.
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