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Everybody is dethatching for all the wrong reasons

No, not that thatch. By Ossewa [CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)], from Wikimedia Commons

Every lawn service seemed to be going full steam dethatching all their customer’s lawns this week, but why, and why are people paying for the service?

Studies from turf divisions of top-rated ag schools (as well as turf companies) agree on a few key points: Continue reading