Obstacles, such as stumps or irrigation heads are marked out prior to beginning the Lawn Aeration service. The lawn aerator is then used to puncture 3-inch-deep holes throughout your lawn. The plugs which are extracted are left on the lawn as they are full of nutrients and serve as a beneficial top dressing of soil. The plugs will eventually break down from watering and mowing your lawn.
Note: Fresh sod should not be aerated until it has established a root system (~ 1 year).
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Note: Lawn should be thoroughly watered 24 hours before service to ensure an effective extraction of plugs.
The lawn can handle being aerated any time throughout the growing season, however we do recommend in the Spring and Fall. Lawn Aeration should be completed twice per year if you have a clay-based soil, and only once for sandy soil.
After the weight from the snow over the Winter and children playing on your lawn over the previous Summer, annual aeration is recommended to relieve some of the soil compaction and allow the root system to breathe a bit. Aerating a lawn will improve fertilizer, water and oxygen uptake and use, as well as reducing water run-off and pooling -resulting in a healthier lawn that requires less watering and seasonal maintenance.
