Aeration Benefits

 

 

 

What is aeration? (Mechanical Core Aeration)

• Aeration is the removal of small cores of soil and the breakdown of thatch from your lawn.

 

Why aerate your lawn?

• Aeration is beneficial for your lawn in a number of ways.

• Aeration will reduce compacted soil.
• Compacted soils will make it difficult for roots to grow by, limiting the movement of air, moisture and fertilizer through the soil.

• Aeration will reduce water requirements.

• By relieving soil compaction, water penetration is increased and water run-off is reduced.

• Aeration will disrupt the thatch layer and reduce risk of insect and disease.

 

How is aeration done?

• Aeration equipment consists of a series of 3 inch hollow coring tines.
• The cores of soil and thatch are pulled up by the machine and left on the lawn.

• Soil cores contain beneficial microorganisms that help break down the thatch as well as more air exposure.

• Cores will disappear back into the lawn in 7 to 10 days or with the first mowing.

• Raking the cores to break them up will speed up their disappearance from the lawn surface.

 

When should aeration be done?

• The frequency of aeration depends on the condition of the lawn.
• Aeration may be done 1 or 2 times a season. It is usually done in the spring and in the fall when the soil is moist.

 

Why aerate

• Creating an Enhancing the development of a deep root system will be healthier and better able to withstand drought, disease and insect stress.

 

Thatch

• Thatch is a layer of un-decomposed living and dead plant parts which restricts root development.
• Harbors disease and insects.
• Thatch can reduce the amount of oxygen and compete for essential elements.
• A desirable thatch thickness is ½ inch or less.

 

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