We are getting close to fall, and that means you need to think about helping your lawn thicken up while recovering from the hot summer. Since we want to do our best to stay organic with our yard care, aeration becomes the number one priority for the fall time period.
In other words guys, you gotta aerate your lawn this fall.. ya gotta!
Core Aerating Your Lawn – Benefits
1) core aeration removes actual cores from the lawn. This allows air, water and fertilizer nutrients direct access into the root structure of the turf. In addition, grass roots can spread out into the holes, making the lawn thicker overall. It is best to do aeration in the fall because that is when grass spreads its roots anyway
2) core aeration breaks down thatch. We have talked about your lawn’s thatch layer before. We want some, but not too much and aeration punches holes in this layer… these holes are enough to keep it managed properly
3) core aeration spreads out soil organisms. There are all kinds of neat organisms in your lawn’s soil, especially if you are organic with it. Aerating the lawn brings these organisms up and out and allows them to spread to new areas of the lawn. That is healthy.
Core aeration is a mechanical process – no chemicals, and that is cool too! Simple!
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