Help Your Lawn Reach Its Full Potential This Fall by Having It Core Aerated

Help Your Lawn Reach Its Full Potential This Fall by Having It Core Aerated

If you want to help your lawn reach its full potential this fall, then you should schedule a core aeration service. Aeration is the process of removing small plugs of soil from your lawn to loosen compaction and allow nutrients and other resources to easily reach the roots of your grass. It's best to have it done in the fall here in Pennsylvania because your cool-season grass will be strong enough to endure the treatment and it will benefit from being able to access these resources as it prepares for winter dormancy. To go the extra mile for your lawn, you should pair this service with an overseeding service. Overseeding is the process of spreading grass seeds over your lawn to fill in any bare or patchy areas with new grass so that you can enjoy a dense, healthy turf.

What is core aeration?

Core aeration is the process of removing small cores of soil from your lawn. This service is performed by running an aerator machine over your lawn that will remove small cores of soil from it as it goes, leaving behind a bunch of small holes. This will loosen any compacted soil on your lawn and provide channels where nutrients and other vital resources like sunlight, water, and oxygen can pass through to reach the roots of your grass. With improved access to these nutrients and resources, your grass will have everything it needs to grow healthy and strong.

Why should you have your lawn aerated in the fall?

Here in Pennsylvania, lawns are mostly comprised of cool-season grass like Kentucky bluegrass and fescue, which thrive when the temperatures are cooler. Because aeration can be stressful on your lawn, and can actually be detrimental to its health if done at the wrong time, you'll want to make sure that your lawn will be strong enough to endure the process. During the cool, fall weather, your lawn will be at its strongest and will be able to endure the aeration process. However, it's essential that you schedule this service early enough in the fall so that it will have time to recover before winter arrives.

Pairing core aeration with overseeding promotes a lush, dense lawn.

While core aeration is very beneficial on its own because it helps address soil compaction and provides improved nutrient access to the roots of your grass, you can go the extra mile for your lawn by combining it with overseeding. Overseeding involves spreading seeds across your existing lawn to fill in bare or patchy areas with new grass. When combined with core aeration, these seeds can fall into the holes created during the aeration process, giving them ideal seed-to-soil contact and improving their chances of germinating successfully. By combining these two services, you can transform your lackluster lawn into one that's thick and luscious.

Call us today to sign up for our core aeration and overseeding services!

Do you want to help your lawn reach its full potential this fall? If so, then we can do just that with our core aeration and overseeding services! At Lehigh Valley Lawn, we offer our core aeration service in the fall to help reduce soil compaction and improve nutrient access to the roots of your grass. We also pair it with our overseeding service to promote a dense, lush lawn. We offer this service to property owners in Macungie, East Greenville, Fogelsville, and nearby cities in Pennsylvania. Call us today at (484) 547-8246 to sign up for these services!