Aeration and Overseeding

Lawn aeration and overseeding bring many benefits to your lawn. This process is sometimes done on new lawns or dying lawns, but most lawn will benefit from it. Here is some information about this process that will help you determine whether or not your lawn needs it, and to give you some basic knowledge on the subject.

Aeration-

Aeration is a process that creates holes in your lawn. The holes this makes allows nutrients to get to the roots of the grass. This alone is helpful in maintaining the beautiful green grass in ones lawn. It can also help weaker or dying grass. '

There are 2 types of aerators, "Core" and " Spike". Spike aeration compresses the soil by pressing spikes into it while core aeration removes "plugs" from you lawn. Core aeration is considered better in most cases, because spike aeration allows water to soak into the compressed soil and fill the holes back in. An added benefit to core aeration the reduction of thatch. Thatch is the term we use for dead grass build up. When the roots of grass die, they have no where to go, so they sit there and decompose. This can take a while, so if you have dead grass, it will likely build up.

Overseeding-
After a year of mowing, edging, weeding and watering, grass can start to die. Dead lawn are inviting to weeds and fungus, so this should be taken care of. Overseeding is when you plant grass on an existing lawn. This can help thicken your grass, reduce weed growth, and restore your lawn. Coupled with aeration, overseeding is usually effective and affordable.




Tyler Kaiser
T. J. Landscaping