Core Aeration and Overseeding Services

Your Soil Needs to Breathe

Fall can be an excellent time to aerate your lawn. Through aerating and over-seeding your turf, it thickens the lawn to crowd-out weeds. It also improves water drainage, preventing a lesser likelihood of disease and weeds.

It is best to aerate when soil is moist; however, it should not be done when the soil is oversaturated. The mud will compact the soil, creating patches ripe for weed growth. Weeds such as yellow nutsedge, prostrate knotweed, and spotted spurge grow in wet compacted areas where it is difficult for grass to grow.

Aeration helps established lawns by allowing water, air, and nutrients move more easily through the soil. Holes created by an aerator promotes grass growth through better contact with the soil.

Core aerating machines will pull up small plugs of soil and will vary in length. Lengths are dependent upon the machine penetrating the soil. The cores are recommended to remain on the surface of the soil, and will erode over time into the soil.

Fill Patchy Lawns

Overseeding after aeration promotes a thicker lawn and helps fill in bare areas. It is also a great time to introduce a new type of grass species. In the fall, cool season grasses tend to do best. In patchy areas, it is a good idea to use the new lawn rate.

It is mandatory to provide seed with enough moisture to germinate. Routine watering is essential for around two weeks. During dry seasons, it may be necessary to water once or twice a day.

Questions about aeration? Questions about overseeding? Feel free to contact us, and T’s Turf and Mole will provide you a free no-obligation analysis of your grass landscape.