Aeration is one of the most important ways to keep your lawn thick and healthy.
Your lawn is a living organism, and as such, needs to breathe. The best way to help your lawn breathe is with aeration. Aeration creates small holes in the ground that allow oxygen, water, and nutrients to reach the grass roots, offering many benefits for your lawn.
Even just with general use, your lawn’s soil becomes compacted over time, which restricts air flow to the grass roots. Aeration loosens the soil and reduces compaction, allowing the roots to breathe, and establish a deeper, denser root system. This promotes stronger root growth and a healthier lawn that can better compete with weeds and withstand foot traffic.
Compacted soil can also cause water to pool on the surface or run off instead of soaking into the ground. Lawn aeration creates channels that help water and nutrients penetrate into the soil and reach the grass roots. The result is stronger, more resilient grass that better resists disease, insect damage, and other stressors, such as drought conditions.
Our PRO-TURF Services professionals encounter a variety of lawn conditions and soil types as we provide lawn care throughout Central Iowa. Whether it’s lawns in our hometown of Indianola or lawns across the Des Moines metro, we recommend that you aerate at least once a year. Aeration twice a year is ideal for lawns with heavy traffic or lawns with clay soil.
Not sure if you need to aerate your lawn? Contact us – we can help!
We can take a look and give you a quote for lawn aeration and lawn care that will get you one step closer to the lawn you’ve always wanted: www.pro-turfservices.com/request-a-quote.
Advantages of lawn aeration:
- Cost-effective & environmentally friendly
- Helps to prevent water runoff and pooling
- Allows grass to better absorb water and nutrients
- Leads to a stronger, more resilient lawn
