Lawn Aeration in Naperville: What Is It and When Do You Need it?

Before and after picture of lawn aeration in Naperville When your lawn becomes packed with dead matter and the soil becomes compacted, it can lead to a steady decline in the health of your turf. Your lawn’s steady growth depends on the ready availability of both oxygen and nutrients, and tightly compacted soil gets in the way. The lawn aeration services offered by Lawn Doctor of Batavia-Aurora help open up pathways and pore spaces in your lawn’s soil so that the roots have readily available oxygen and nutrients. Lawn Doctor of Batavia-Aurora services the Naperville, Batavia, Aurora, Lisle, Downers Grove, and St. Charles, IL areas to boost healthy growth.

What is Lawn Aeration?

Lawn aeration is a treatment process that removes plugs, or long cylinders, of soil from your lawn. The process uses a heavy-duty, advanced lawn care tool called an aerator.  As these plugs are removed from your lawn’s topsoil, it frees up space in the upper layers, allowing your lawn to decompress. By freeing up space for your soil to naturally diffuse, it more readily allows entry and circulation of all of the different things your lawn needs to achieve consistent growth, strong root systems and a lawn more resistant to local insect populations.

Lawn aeration is an extremely effective service for lawns in the Naperville area, but how do you know when you need it? Below are several indicators that your Naperville-area lawn might be in need of an aeration treatment:

  • Your turf is just not growing very tall or growing much at all.
  • Your lawn feels very hard or feels very spongy when you are walking on it.
  • It is difficult to push a screwdriver or soil knife into the soil.
  • Water pools on the surface and / or runs off very quickly.

If any of these conditions apply to your lawn, and its appearance has been going downhill, they can hint at the necessity of lawn aeration treatments. With our aeration services, we’ll give your lawn access to the nutrients, water and oxygen it needs to make a full recovery from general lawn damage.

How Our Lawn Aeration Services Help Naperville Homeowners

When our Naperville-area technicians use our heavy-duty aeration equipment to remove soil plugs from your yard, we’re giving it the tools it needs to thrive. Compacted topsoil can prevent the spread of roots and starve your grass plants of the oxygen and nutrients they need for consistent growth. Our services reverse this process and give your lawn the space and access it needs for both short and long-term health.

Call Lawn Doctor of Batavia-Aurora today at (630) 406-8535 to learn more about our lawn aeration treatments and to schedule your free assessment. We provide professional lawn aeration to homeowners spanning Naperville, Batavia, Aurora, Lisle, Downers Grove, St. Charles and the surrounding communities.