Aerating & Seeding
Homeowners love a lush green lawn free of imperfections, but it can be difficult to achieve. Is your lawn looking less than its best lately? Or has it never really lived up to your expectations? It happens frequently enough to make you wonder, "What have I done wrong?" Well, we have an answer. It's not what you've done; it's what you haven't done. Lawns need routine maintenance beyond simple mowing and fertilizing to keep looking their best. Aeration and seeding may be the solution you are looking for.
What Are Aeration And Seeding?
Aeration is the process of creating small holes throughout your lawn to alleviate compacted soil and enables water, air, and nutrients to penetrate the ground and feed the grasses roots. The technique also encourages the production of beneficial microbes, organisms crucial to your lawn's health. Those microbes control how your plants utilize energy and fertilizers. They also help to reduce pollutants and keep the growth cycles of your vegetation chugging along.
Seeding, meanwhile, is what it sounds like. Adding new grass seed fills in thinning areas and gives you that thick, luxurious expanse of grass you want. Seeding goes hand in hand with aeration quite often. When you don't do it, eventually, it shows.
Signs Your Lawn Needs Help
Usually, there are tell-tale signs that your lawn needs aerating and seeding. Areas where grass has stopped growing or is thinning, are an indication. So, too, are discolored, yellow or brown patches. Problems with water drainage are another sign. Thatch (dead, decomposing organic matter accumulating on the surface) can also become a barrier that blocks your grass from getting what it needs.
How Bad Is It?
No, we promise we aren't advising you to give up. But if you are still unsure whether aeration and seeding are needed, you can do a simple test with a screwdriver to see just how badly compacted your lawn is. If you cannot easily push the head of a screwdriver below the lawn's surface, it's compacted and needs aerating.
An Annual Necessity
The compaction of soil is a natural, ongoing occurrence. Aeration and seeding should be done annually to offset its effects. But when you do, it may be dictated by your location, the soil composition, and the type of grass you have. You can do more harm than good if you don't have knowledge, experience, and the right tools. That's why you need Aurora Lawn Services.
Professional Services Done Right
There is more than one way to perform lawn aeration, but we like to think of this as the wrong way and the right way. Some people believe it is sufficient to simply poke holes in the lawn with a pronged device like a pitchfork. However, that doesn't always solve the problem and can cause greater compaction. The right way to do it is plug aeration, and experts agree that the plug method is far superior.
At Aurora Lawn Services, we remove tiny plugs (or cores) of soil from your lawn to achieve aeration. As the area's top-rated lawn care specialists, we proudly offer our community our expert aeration service and premium-quality seeding. So, if you want the best for your lawn, that's us. Contact us today, and let us give you a spectacular lawn.