Are you noticing thin, patchy grass in your lawn? Standing puddles of water after rain? It could be due to soil compaction. As soil becomes compressed, roots can’t breathe and eventually begin to suffocate. As a result, grass slowly dies over time. But you can bring your lawn back to life with core aeration from the Naperville area lawn experts: Lawn Doctor of Batavia-Aurora. We know what it takes to break up compaction and keep your lawn looking healthy and beautiful, year-round.
How Does Aeration Benefit My Lawn?
Aeration creates pore spaces in the soil to allow for more oxygen, water, and nutrients to penetrate the soil and make it to the roots of the turf. As a result, your lawn will:
- Allow the turf plants to develop a stronger and deeper root system
- Promote better absorption of water and nutrients
- Promote the growth of thicker and healthier turf
- Maintain a healthy microbiome in the lawn
- Promote a healthy decomposition of the organic materials in thatch layer
- Allow organic matter to penetrate the soil profile
How Can I Identify Soil Compaction?
There are some easily visible signs Naperville area homeowners can look for that indicate soil compaction. The signs include turf struggling to grow, thin turf, bare spots with hardpan or cracking soil, and water that’s running off instead of percolating through the soil. Likewise, clay soils and lawns that receive a lot of use are more prone to compaction. Sticking a screwdriver or soil knife into the soil is a simple test to perform to see how compacted the soil is. If you cannot easily stick the screwdriver or soil knife into the soil, your lawn definitely needs to be aerated.
What is the aeration process?
We offer two different types of aeration. Core aeration and liquid aeration.
Core aeration, or mechanical aeration, involves removing plugs of soil from the lawn. By mechanically pulling plugs of turf and soil from the lawn, the aeration process is mechanically creating pore spaces for the soil to loosen and expand.
Liquid aeration, or biological aeration, involves applying a cocktail of biological agents that chemically react with the soil particles and create chemical micro-explosions in the soil to create the pore spaces in the soil. Several companies offer products that have been tested against core aeration by independent university-based turf programs and have demonstrated that liquid aeration offers results as good as if not better than mechanical aeration. Liquid aeration also offers more long-term benefits by helping to improve the soil biology.
When is the Best Time to Perform Aeration?
In cool season environments like ours, Spring and Fall are good times for core aeration. Preferably, we want some time for the turf to recover from the aeration during times when the turf is growing quickly.
Make Your Life Easier with Our Professional Lawn Aeration in Naperville
With the critical role lawn aeration serves for your landscape, it truly pays to hand the work off to experienced professionals. With our aeration treatments, Lawn Doctor of Batavia-Aurora can not only solve your ongoing soil compaction issues and restore your healthy lawn, we can also save you plenty of time, stress, and money in the process.
DIY lawn aeration is a stressful undertaking. In fact, due to equipment costs and other factors, handling this job on your own can end up costing more than our professional service. So, in the end, choosing our professional lawn aeration will make your life a lot easier while delivering superior results for your yard.
Lawn Aeration in Naperville Backed by Our Satisfaction Guarantee
Are you ready to strengthen your root system, boost your lawn’s growth, and create a healthy green landscape that’s less vulnerable to weeds and pests? With lawn aeration services from Lawn Doctor of Batavia-Aurora, you can enjoy all of these incredible results. We proudly stand by every single treatment with our 100% satisfaction guarantee. That means that if you are not completely satisfied with our work, all you need to do is call and let us know, and we’ll make it right.
Should I Do Lawn Aeration Myself, or Turn to the Naperville Area’s Experts?
You can certainly rent an aerator and spend the day aerating your lawn on your own, but the machines are often hard-to-use and one mistake can cause turf damage. Or you can leave the work to the Naperville area’s aeration experts at Lawn Doctor of Batavia-Aurora. We have the equipment and expertise to aerate your lawn properly and efficiently, while you enjoy your day.
Whether you live in Naperville, Batavia, Aurora, Lisle, Downers Grove, or St. Charles, our aeration technicians can bring your lawn back to life. For lawn aeration in the Naperville area, call Lawn Doctor of Batavia-Aurora at 630.406.8535 or contact us today to learn more or schedule your free consultation.
