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When to scarify a lawn for thick, healthy grass – now's your final chance before next year

Neat grass lawn in garden in front of white house.

Scarifying a lawn is one of the most transformative lawn care tasks out there, but knowing when to scarify a lawn can mean the crucial difference between damage and success.

If you're wondering how to scarify a lawn, or what lawn scarifying is in the first place, you're not alone. Put simply, it's the process of removing dead thatch from your lawn, which is the brown material beneath the green grass of your lawn. The thatch is removed manually, using a rake or specialised scarifier.

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