How to Aerate a Small Lawn
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- Опубліковано 15 вер 2024
- Think aerator sandals are the solution for your lawn? I look at these and show you an alternative for how to aerate smaller lawns
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I wish I had seen this video last year's spring, when I was unsuccessfully looking forward to rent a core aeration machine and then decided to waste my time AND money on these spiked sandals.
What a big piece of crap!
Any hole in the ground, let's water, air, and nutrients down into the hole where the roots of the grass are. Its may not be the best form of airation but it will and does help do the job.
best channel ever to talk about the truth thanks silver
I’ve a pair used them for years Work great I’ve the best lawn in the neighbourhood.think you must be trying to grow lawn on the 🌒 MOON.🤪🤪🤪
They are cheaply made & hard to use. You will feel burning in your shins very quickly. I only use mine early in the morning before the neighbours are out. I must admit though I found the results outstanding. My lawn holds both water & fertilizer better. I don't see any run off when watering..excellent absorption...less water...Saving $$
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🌞Yes, I've always chuckled at those ads. Seen them in magazines and online. Great video!👍
Some reviewers only review products they like, but it's negative reviews like this that really help.
Thank you for your advice. I have considered buying one of the spike shoe aerators. I'll buy a pitch fork instead! Thank you!
They seem so perfect and there are shortcuts for lots of things but the way those work gives no real benefit.
Now there's going to be a record number of these in the trash truck this week!!
I hate to lose money and I am sure others do too, hopefully some can return them and get some $ back
Mine ere already gone... Since last Sunday!
The ending was my favorite part, when you threw them away! Lol
That is the real deal too, that is where they will stay until trash day!
I actually used this very technique yesterday and it is clear that you can get a similar aeration effect.
I saw these back in the 80's and 90's. As a kid, I didn't have the money to buy them, but I figured I could make a pair in the garage! It turned out that the soil in my parent's lawn was so dense that I couldn't get 2X4 nails to penetrate the dirt! They just pushed back up through the block of wood instead. Ahh, childhood engineering!
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Thanks as I was looking in to those and I’m more or less broke so thanks a million
Always interesting and educational my friend. Love your work.
Thank you very nice of you to say!
Thank you for steering people away from crappy products....
For small areas I use a cordless drill with 1/2" wood drill bit. The dirt comes up for the seed to go in.
I like the pitchfork suggestion for small areas, very good idea!
Glad you like it!
Thank heavens! This video touched me. The
Lwn Aerator Sandals is also sold in Japan, but I have never bought it.
Because I feel that the soil per unit area is tightened by using this. I watched this video and was very convinced. :-D
So glad you liked it. Thank you!
You should do a video on how to clean your trash can
I knew someone would say that. You rock!
A family member caught me walking around my yard in those. They still laugh about it till this day.
Same
I was just about to purchase a pair of these 'sandals' today. thanks for the heads up about how useless they are. great videos. thanks.
Renting a core aerator in my experience is the best way to get the job done
I remember those shoes pulling out patches out of my lawn...
They were in the trash in 15min
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I want the manual plug aerator but I can't believe they are so rare in Europe and cost so much...
I know this very well. One time my dad used these spikes shoes and left them outside on the porch. Well long story short, i tripped in one of them and landed butt first on top of those spikes!
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I always thought these things were a gimmick. Thanks for confirming it.
I wear those shoes around town!
To late bought few years ago and the sandals do suck.
I appreciate the feedback and I think it’s one of those product that everyone buys one of due to how appealing they look in the ads.
@@SilverCymbal actually small condo lawn and the simplicity. Buying a pitchfork today , thanks .
😂😂😂😂
this is for you go to the beach.
I got the bright idea to try and make some of these 20 years ago out of nails and plywood. 😂😂 they would go in the ground and not come back out
To be fair soil compaction is not the only reason for aeration. These are useless for that, but they do help with getting nutrients and oxygen to the root system. I use them on my customers with very small yards when I'm over seeding and they do just fine.
Regardless, the soil will be slightly more compacted in the end.
Yes, a bit aerated, but also a bit more compacted
excellent Irish and Vlad ... exactly ... this man is giving wrong info
Good information thank you I have my yard aerated by the lawn service I have ❤️ my dad always used to say leave things to the professionals and don’t fall for the snake salesmen ❤️ thanks again for sharing good information ❤️
Reminds me of when I was a kid and my dad would walk around the lawn in golf shoes (this was before they all went to soft spikes) trying to aerate the lawn :)
These shoes work great for walking on wet epoxy floor when painting.
Normally yes, but these spikes are so long that they don't support weight on hard surfaces well, but if they were shorter they are great for epoxy work
Thanks for looking out for guys like me i was thinking about this...
Any time!
I can’t believe you purchased this.
You and me both!
Do you have any reviews on the aerators that’s you can attach to the back of your lawn tractor? The ones where I think you need to add concrete pavers for weight. Thanks and love your channel!
Bad for aeration, good for drop kicks in post apocalyptic cage fights to the death.
Im liking that pitch fork idea have small yard
Hello. You Missed a very usefull job for the sandals. It’s true it does not involve lawn or grass, I agree with you on the lawn part. If everyone needs this advice , they do a great job for construction people who do self leveling concrete slabs, as they can walk in the same time they level the concrete without leaving any marks as the concrete levels after the leave the area. It’s their only use. Oh and you forgot to mention, on the lawn, sometimes if the soil is clay, they also rip big junks of soil stuck between the pins and you also get huge holes in the ground. That’s if you do not actually fall on your face as they stuck in the ground too Deep. Really dangerous things!! 👍
Those sandals do allow air and water into the soil.
Problem is that you have to constantly walk your lawn.
Baseball cleats and golfing shoes do the same thing.
I own a pair. Terrible purchase on my part. To add to your comments, they don’t stay on your shoe. Mine kept coming off so I finally chucked them to back of my shed not to be used again.
I had the same thing happen too, I am amazed they haven't been sued from someone falling over onto them after coming off a shoe. The reviews have a lot of crazy stories in there, but the companies keep changing so you really can't tell who is behind them
I really enjoy your videos and find them very helpful, I also like to leave you likes on your videos but sometimes do not give enough time to hit the like button before the video ends.. You may extend your video a few seconds more to get the likes, just a suggestion. Thanks again for the helpful content 👍👍
I appreciate that a lot! I will see what I can do, I don't want to miss out!
Thank you for saving me my money.
Bought a pair 10-15 years ago. Awful then, awful now.
Thanks!
I don't live in the US but thanks anyway for the warning. There are much better ways to get rid of my money 👍😊
You’re welcome 😊
this is just like the spongebob episode where spongebob meets the strangler and steps on his eyes with these on lololol
I prefer a $79 for a Green SCOTT aerator wheel for mowers 🇨🇦 as well makes there own TINES.
How about a manual aerator? I’ve been looking into purchasing one for our relatively small yard that a machine aerator would be overkill for.
The ones like this amzn.to/33MkSCW work great and are useful for small spaces or getting into to tight spots.
Silver Cymbal i bought one similar to that. But after a few times, the cores got stuck in the hole and it doesn’t come out.
@@ryanvboy do you wiggle it before pulling out?
Perhaps file down the outside of the “spikes” just a bit
You made one mistake...you didn't save the money and send them back to the manufacturer. Love your videos. Always very informational but im sure you know that...good day sir.
Very true. I didn't even try them until the return policy was over.
All true.
Hey, helpful video...I just wish you would have done it before I bought a pair. Lol
You and everyone else! It's the best marketing in history.
What is the best method of aeration when you have a sprinkler system installed and not 100% sure where the lines run?
Yup my concern exactely ! ! !
Is there any liquid aeration product you would recomend instead ? I have very small yard which is very compact and needs aerating badly. Whilst I will give the guarden fork a try I would like to try a liquid solution also.
K. F. I have dame situation. I see acceptable things from th manure fork. The fork holes&grass sod lifting is pretty short lived&so is the benefits
I brought a pair and threw them away after the first time I did my lawn. If you have trees, look out when you step on roots. They will throw you off balance. I did get a lot of exercise in the process of dancing on my lawn. But, I didn’t like the weird looks I received as people were passing by and wondering why the 70 year old guy was dancing on his lawn.
That is a great point, I forgot about he roots. Scary stuff!
Know what else is garbage? Those dethatching blades that go on push mowers. Ask my old lawn that turned white why they suck lmao
I get a lot of comments asking about those. Very interesting. I had a bad feeling otherwise it seemed like ever rand would offer them.
@@backpacker3421 very true. This was 5 years ago when I moved from an apartment in nyc to the midwest. I had no clue then. Lol
Wow, just rip all existing grass to shreds I imagine?
@@backpacker3421 I am thinking about oneof those
@@SiegePerilousEsauMaltomite it just killed it. Grass was still there, it just looked like hay
Great review
Very informative 👍
I feel ike the liquid aeration products are misleading. They should just be advertised as wetting agents
You are probably right since they seem beneficial but I think what started it was the first product was called that. Whether it’s fair or not and now every product after has mirrored the name.
Can you please suggest which fertilizer to use for winterize.
Thank you.❤
I wore those to the beach and they worked great 😂🤣🙃🙄
Thanks that made me laugh, cuz that is EXACTLY what I would have done with them!
I still can't tell the difference between a pitchfork and a potato fork. When you said pitchfork, I saw potato fork, lol.
Thats a good question since I hav gotten this comment before when I used we we call a mulching fork. I think the real answer depends a bit on where you live and some tools have multiple names for instance the mulching fork as we know it is also called a hay fork by some. Maybe some names are wrong, I guess the important part is just get the one you really want in the end.
Wife made me buy those, ages ago...tried them for a couple of years. Basically, it's walk around the yard like Herman Munster for an hour. Stupid.
Very true! Marketing at it's best with these things.
I had someone ask me about these, i just told them "NO!"
Lol. I have one of these. I did use it in my back yard. Hard to use though. My husband picked it up and wore it, not knowing, without shoes! Guess what happened, it poked his foot, had to go get a tetanus shot!
OMG! I didn’t love this because he got hurt but for your willingness to share.
I actually went to my local hardware store to look for a manual aerator, no luck.
Do you recommend aerating St.Augustine with the rental machine from Homedepot ?
Anyone considering buying these... get a new hobby.
🤣🤣😂😂Of course, my husband bought those Many years ago! 😂😂🤣🤣 we still laugh about, can’t believe they’re selling these!
They are making a whole lot of money on them too!
Silver Cymbal trust me, he didn’t pay that much for them.......we’re guessing about 15 years ago!!
Should I pick up the cores after aeration or leave them?
Was thinking about purchasing the shoes, didn't do it luckily
I'm glad it helped. I normally don't do product videos when I don't reccomend one entirely but so many of these get sold and never end up getting used.
Won’t the pitchfork method just compact the soil around the holes it makes. Core aeration is best especially when filling the holes with compost.
You should have done this video a long time ago. I already bought one. Well, thank God I have not used it
The sandals 🤪
If the spikes were open holes it would work, you probably cover this
True, but your feet would get very dirty :)
Crap I bought a pair of those spike shoes! Lol
I just got these 😪😪 I wish I watched this first 😭😩
Shit, I just bought and used these. On top of twisting my ankle I then see this video 🤦. Will wait for any results.....
I agree. I tried them once and it was horrible. I threw them away after that, waste of money.
Wish I saw this video before I bought this. Wasted my money’s and I had a ridiculous look from my neighbor and my grass look worst.
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These are so trash I made that mistake too
I bought some in may used them once now they just sit in the shed they are horrible!!
Sadly this is what happens, everyone has high hopes and then gets stuck.
Yes
i reached the same conclusion. complete waste of money. they don’t stay on and as you said worst part is they don’t fix soil compaction. which reminds me - i forgot to leave a review. will do it right now.
Need a two plug shoe.... 😂
Doesn’t hurt
Fine. I'll throw mine out. Lol
Definitely a bad idea
Or you can just let some moles move in. Natures aerators!!
These things suck. I can barely walk in these things
Lol your diet example is terrible flexible dieting is eating whatever you want and it's what every successful dieter does especially modern bodybuilders and fitness models etc. Also look at golf greens. It doesnt remove soil . Keep your issues to yourself and stick to things that work vs sharing opions that are way off.
Just because you dont have fun doing your lawn doesnt mean you shood project that to people who may believe you at face value.
Yes, junk!
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