Mantis 4222 Tiller Aerator Attachment

This attachment and flexibility for the use of my Rototiller.

When mounted on your Mantis, these tines create an excellent small space aerator. I have a plug aerator that I pull behind my lawn tractor, but small irregularly shaped parts of the lawn are impossible to get to with the pull behind plug aerator. These tines actually cut small trenches in the soil and bring soil up to the top of the ground. I cut the trenches first, thrown the grass seed on by hand, and then manually rake the soil to cover the seeds. It works better than I expected.

Does aeration to your lawn, and you can always do overseed while you at it

Reverse instructions: Instructions say to install tines in aggressive position. This causes, tiller to jump, pulls out clumps, and clogging tines. Instead, install the opposite way. None of those issues. Need to go over area twice, but it will still be much faster.Also really great for preparing new lawn area. Digs down about 2"... just right for sowing and raking in.Very happy with this product... wish I'd bought it long ago.

So far so good. I got this to dethatch and aerate some spots in my yard before resending. Upon using it I realized it is absolutely perfect for reseeding thin spots. I realized right away to throw the seed down then run over it with this once or once then crossways once. Really delivers an ideal seed bed for grass and running over the seed works it in real nicely. I then threw straw down over the worked ground. I also sliced several spots in my yard that were thin or held water. As far as those go time will tell. It's rained like twice and the slices aren't really visible anymore so I'm anxious to see if the grass looks better than the surrounding areas or not and if the places that held water before tend to shed it better or not. I'm mostly just stoked with how it works it for reseeding. It doesn't just annihilate the yard it just kinda tosses some dirt up and cuts slices. But I like it so far for such a small investment.