How to Know When Your Lawn Needs Dethatching—and the Best Time of Year to Do It

Add this to your to-do list now and your future lawn will thank you.

Job well done, right?

Well, not so fast.

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One important task to add to yourfall lawn careto-do list isdethatching your lawn.

Here’s what you gotta know about this process and exactly when it should be done.

What is Thatch?

This makes fall the ideal time to press the reset button.

Fall conditions can also exacerbate the existing thatch.

However, you shouldn’t restrict yourself to only those two seasonal transition periods.

you might pick up a manual thatch rake at any big box store in your area, adds Stultz.