One of the essential lawn maintenance tasks that often gets overlooked is lawn aeration. Aeration keeps your lawn from becoming compacted, which can come along with some nasty side effects. Compacted soil can stunt your grass’ growth, constrict your root systems and cause your lawn’s surface to collect water, making it more prone to mildew and lawn diseases. Lawn aeration prevents and reverses these effects by keeping your lawn’s soil loose and permeable for improved health. At Lawn Doctor of Northwest San Antonio and Hollywood Park-Shavano, we provide comprehensive lawn aeration services to our neighboring home and business owners spanning the San Antonio, Boerne, Helotes, Shavano Park, Hollywood Park, Hill Country Village, Fair Oaks Ranch, Leon Springs, Castle Hills, Bulverde, and Spring Branch, TX areas.
When Lawn Aeration is Needed
Lawn aeration should be performed annually for the best results, and since each lawn in San Antonio is different, the timing of the annual treatment may be during the early spring for some lawns and late spring for others. These times are just prior to the growing seasons for most grass varieties in the area. However, additional aeration may be required depending on your lawn’s composition and the amount of activity it sees on a day-to-day basis. Here are a few of the main indicators that your lawn needs aeration:
- The appearance of brown spots
- Stunted grass growth
- Lawn damage from outdoor sports, vehicles, machinery, children or pets
- Puddle formation during light rainfall
- The appearance of excessive levels of thatch in your lawn’s upper layers
The Benefits of Lawn Aeration for San Antonio Residents
Keeping your lawn regularly aerated provides a long list of health benefits. One of the ways aeration can improve your lawn’s health is by increasing its permeability. Compacted soil can seal the roots off from the external elements it needs to grow. These elements, including water, heat and oxygen, can only penetrate the lawn once the soil loosens and new channels are created. During aeration, our technicians use a core aerator to create these channels by removing long, cylindrical sections of earth, increasing your lawn’s ability to filter these elements down to the roots to nourish the plants. Aeration also frees up the soil so that the roots can expand and move freely under your yard’s surface.
Call Lawn Doctor of Northwest San Antonio and Hollywood Park-Shavano today at (210) 538-8860 for more information on our lawn aeration service and to schedule your free estimate. We provide our professional lawn aeration service to home and commercial property owners in San Antonio, Boerne, Helotes, Shavano Park, Hollywood Park, Hill Country Village, Fair Oaks Ranch, Leon Springs, Castle Hills, Bulverde, Spring Branch, and the surrounding communities.
