Lawn Aeration

Aerating - Thatch buildup is a condition that can make your lawn not look heathly. If your lawn is is need of aerating don’t hesitate to call before it hurts you lawn.

All About Phoenix Aerating

Aeration is best to do for lawn service in Phoenix during the lat summer. Most lawns do not need aerating unless more than every three years unless they get high usage. You can aerate your lawn with shoes with spies or with a machine. Machine aerating works far better but can be expensive. Most machine aerators pull up a little core of you lawn and leave it on the surface, that is the best way to do the maintenance.

A good aerating machine should pull out lawn plugs that are about the size of your little finger. When you get done there should be about 30 holes per square foot in your yard. Aeration allows air, rain and nutrients to get into your Phoenix lawn. These holes that are left also leave the lawn roots room to grow and get stronger.

The best thing about aerating your lawn every three years is that it help roots grow deep, lets the air flow into the lawn, improves water soaking, helps the nutrients grow and lets microorganism grow. Be aware though every time that you aerate you may get some weeds. This is not a major concern though as you will have a great looking lawn.

Aerating a lawn is often overlooked even though it is very important. Getting good airflow to the roots is very important. The more people mow, walk and recreate on their lawn the more compact the soil becomes. When the dirt becomes very compact the soil is very hard and roots do not grow well. Water also does not soak in very well to help the lawn roots grow.

Lawn Aeration perforates the ground soil with very small holes that will allow water, air, and any fertilizer that your spread through to soil and get closer to the roots. This will help the roots to grow deep as well as produce a stronger Phoenix lawn.

You will know when your lawn needs aeration if it does not turn green after you give it fertilizer or if there is many worn areas in your lawn.
Remember though that if your lawn has a problem with certain spots that it may need to be aerated more often such as a couple times a year instead of once every two or three years.

A good lawn aeration service will break through the thatch that has built up and dethatching your entire lawn. Most aeration devices have a prong that removes plugs from the soil. Lawn aeration devices are available in motorized or manual models. If you have a large lawn to aerate you may want to us the motorized.

Don’t forget that there are two kind of aerating machines. One just punches holes in the soil and the other removes the plugs from the holes after it punches it. The best one is the one that removes the plugs. If you just punch holes then they will likely just fill back in again very shortly.

A good aerating service in Phoenix should make holes that are at least .25 inches in diameter and 2.5 inches deep minimum. You also want about 30 to 20 holes per square foot of your Phoenix lawn. When the plugs are pulled out by the aerating service you can just leave them there and mow them up the next day. Remember though that you can just leave them there while they blend back into your yard but that can take a while and be somewhat unsightly.