Here’s What To Expect From a Professional Core Aeration Service

Here’s What To Expect From a Professional Core Aeration Service

Core aeration is an essential lawn care service that helps alleviate soil compaction, making it easier for the roots of your grass to access vital nutrients and other resources. When you sign up for this kind of service for your property in Pennsylvania, you need to prep your lawn by marking areas where there can be hidden objects underground, like wires and irrigation lines. You should also keep your pets inside to keep them and the lawn care team safe during the process. On the day of the service, the lawn care team will use an aerator machine and go over your lawn to pull plugs of soil from the ground. Oftentimes, overseeding is included with this lawn care service, and if it is, professionals will overseed your lawn after they have aerated it. After your lawn has been aerated, there will be plugs of soil all over your lawn. It's best to leave them alone to break down, and as they do, they will recycle nutrients back into the soil!

Before your lawn is aerated, you should prep it and bring your pets inside.

Before the lawn care company arrives at your property to perform a core aeration service, you need to prep your lawn. If there are any hidden objects under your lawn, mark them. Flag underground wires, irrigation lines, sprinkler heads, and outdoor lights if you have any to ensure the aeration team can steer clear of them and prevent any unwanted damages and accidents. You'll also want to bring your pets inside on the day of the core aeration service. Keeping them indoors will ensure their safety.

The lawn care team will go over your lawn with an aerator machine.

On the day of the core aeration service, the lawn care team will arrive at your property with an aerator machine. They will use this machine to pull plugs of soil from the ground. This process will break down hard, compacted soil and allow air and nutrients to penetrate the ground and reach the roots of your grass. This way, your lawn can have better access to the resources it needs to grow strong and healthy.

A lot of times, lawn care companies offer overseeding with their core aeration service. If you opted in for overseeding or if the two services come together, the lawn care team will spread the grass seeds after aerating your lawn. The reason for this is the holes left on the ground during the core aeration process provide an ideal environment for the grass seeds to fall into, where they will have the best chance of successfully germinating.

Plugs of soil will be left all over your lawn after it was aerated.

After the core aeration process is completed, you'll notice a bunch of soil plugs all over your lawn - don't remove them! These plugs of soil will break down over time and release nutrients back into the soil. It acts as a nutrient-rich topsoil that will provide much-needed nourishment to your grass, improving its health and vigor.

Call us today to sign up for our professional core aeration service!

Here at Lehigh Valley Lawn, we offer a professional core aeration service to commercial and residential properties, as well as HOAs, in Macungie, East Greenville, Fogelsville, PA, and nearby areas. We offer this service in the fall because cool-season lawns in our area are at their strongest during this season, which means they can tolerate the process. After we aerate your lawn, we can overseed it to promote new growth and give you lusher grass. If you dream of having a strong and vibrant lawn, we can make it happen. Call us today at (484) 547-8246 to sign up for our core aeration service.