Regular lawn aeration plays a crucial part when it comes to maintaining a healthy lawn throughout the year. Compacted soil can take a heavy toll on your lawn, and aeration is the only way to break up the underground compression it causes. When your lawn’s soil becomes too tightly packed, it can cut off the roots from the essential nutrients and other physical elements they need to develop and grow. Lawns that aren’t regularly aerated can easily develop symptoms like brown spots and stunted grass growth. At Lawn Doctor of Greater Chesapeake, we rejuvenate lawns all over the Chesapeake, Deep Creek, and Great Bridge areas with our proven lawn aeration service.
How Does Lawn Aeration Work?
Lawn aeration is the process of either puncturing or removing matter from the top layer of your lawn. This process loosens compacted soil and ensures that your roots have room to grow and maintain the healthy circulation of nutrients throughout your yard. Some methods of aeration involve the use of spiked implements, which are driven down through the surface of your lawn to create small channels, allowing the soil to fall in on itself and relieve compression. At Lawn Doctor of Greater Chesapeake, we use core aerators to remove cylindrical sections from your lawn, which provides faster, longer-lasting results than spike aeration. Core aerators are pieces of heavy lawn care machinery that can be cumbersome to operate for the average homeowner. With our core aeration service, you get the benefit of professional-quality treatments without the headaches of renting and operating an aerator.
How Lawn Aeration Benefits Chesapeake Area Residents
One of the primary benefits of lawn aeration is the increased permeability of your lawn. When your lawn has more pores, or areas for external elements to enter, it has increased access to the things it needs to survive. Increased permeability allows oxygen, heat and water to more readily penetrate down to the roots, strengthening your lawn. Another benefit of aeration is the increased circulation of nutrients throughout the soil. Fertilization is another important lawn care task, but if the nutrients cannot travel freely throughout the soil, it can render the service nearly useless. The loosened soil provided by aeration allows the minerals obtained from fertilization to easy circulate through the soil, creating an environment more conducive to consistent growth.
Call Lawn Doctor of Greater Chesapeake today at (757) 436-4265 for more information on our aeration service and to schedule your free lawn evaluation. We provide our trusted lawn aeration service to neighboring homeowners in Chesapeake and the surrounding communities.
