Hi,

Just wondering when your suppose to aerate your grass fields?

thanks

When they're not frozen solid, not waterlogged and not during a drought.....

What I'm trying to say is that I don't think the timing is terribly important as long as ground conditions are good, but I'm guessing spring would be the best time ideally.

 Spring or early autumn and when the going is good like wnw says.

I done some after silage with good results our ground is wet in the spring

Forget aerating go in with a subsoiler or pan-buster.

Phil Goodyear:

Forget aerating go in with a subsoiler or pan-buster.

Phil Goodyear:

Forget aerating go in with a subsoiler or pan-buster.

I would guess that you know more about this topic than me but does it not depend somewhat on conditions and the horse power available to you.

In early November I aerated six acreas of water meadow using a Ritchie slitter set at 10degrees. This aerated and lifted the soil slightly to aid decompaction.

It did not decompact as much as a subsoiler but was right for the conditions. In any case I have only a 40 HP tractor and so subsoiling would take a very long time..  

 i heard that an old howard paraplough would do just as good a job because of the slanted tines? can anybody verify this before i go and make a mess of one of my fields?? cheers

Paraploughs can work well if correctly set up with all discs working.  You won't get down deep to open up as well as a subsoiler but will give a lift better than a spiker.