Thatch vs Scarify - What's the difference?
thatch | scarify |
Straw, rushes, or the like, used for making or covering the roofs of buildings, or of stacks of hay or grain.
A name in the West Indies for several kinds of palm, the leaves of which are used for thatching.
A buildup of cut grass, stolons or other material on the soil in a lawn.
To cover the roof with straw, reed, leaves, etc.
(obsolete, or, nonstandard) To scar.
(obsolete, or, nonstandard) Denude, or lay waste to.
(horticulture) To remove thatch (build-up of organic matter on the soil) from a lawn, to dethatch.
(horticulture) To damage the testa (seed coat) of a seed by cutting, scraping, chemicals, hot water, or fire to allow permeation of water and faster germination.
