Core aeration is a lawn care service that involves passing over your turf with an aerator to mechanically pull up plugs of soil from the ground, which creates tiny holes in the surface. This process relieves soil compaction by breaking up the tightly packed layer and reduces thatch build-up. Not only that, but those holes also serve as passageways for nutrients and resources like sunlight, water, and oxygen to easily penetrate the soil and reach the roots of your grass. Core aeration is highly beneficial, but you'll want to do it when it's right for your grass type in Georgia; it should be performed in the spring for warm-season lawns and fall for cool-season ones. Either way, you should schedule it annually to ensure it continues to have optimal access to everything it needs to thrive!

Core Aeration Relieves Soil Compaction & Reduces Thatch Build-Up

While soil compaction is natural and happens over time from foot and machine traffic, it can hinder the flow of nutrients and resources to the roots of your grass. Fortunately, that's where core aeration comes in! Core aeration is a lawn care service that involves passing over your turf with an aerator to pull up plugs of soil from the ground. This process breaks up the tightly packed layer, effectively loosening it.

Not only that, but it also reduces thatch build-up, which is a layer of roots and other organic materials that, when it becomes too thick, can block the access of resources to the root zone. With aeration, you can keep it from building up and causing problems for your lawn.

After aeration, you may notice soil cores across your lawn, which you should leave so they can return nutrients as they decompose.

Core Aeration Makes It Easier for Nutrients & Other Resources to Reach Your Turf's Roots

Another notable benefit of core aeration is that it makes it easier for nutrients and other resources to reach your turf's roots! The holes this process creates act as passageways, improving water penetration, airflow, and nutrient accessibility. As a result, your lawn has better access to everything it needs to bolster its health, strength, verdancy, and resilience to stressors like diseases and drought.

When should you perform core aeration?

While core aeration is highly beneficial, you'll want to do it when it's right for your grass type so that it can withstand the process and recover quicker afterward. Here's when you should perform this service for warm-season and cool-season lawns:

  • If you have warm-season grass, you should aerate it in the spring. During the spring, the weather is starting to warm up, providing ideal conditions for your lawn to endure it. Additionally, aerating it at this time will help it recover from winter stress and prepare it for the hot summer months ahead.
  • If you have cool-season grass, you should aerate it in the fall. Cool-season lawns thrive during the cooler temperatures of fall, and aerating during this time will help yours recover after the stressful summer, plus build up its health and strength before winter arrives.

Whether you have warm-season or cool-season grass, you'll want to schedule a core aeration service once a year. Aerating it annually will ensure it always has optimal access to all the nutrients and resources it needs to stay in its best shape year after year.

Call us today to sign up for our core aeration service.

At Bloom’n Gardens Landscape, we offer our core aeration service as part of our full-service maintenance package, which is available to residential and commercial properties, along with HOAs, in Atlanta, Buckhead, Smyrna, GA, and nearby areas. We offer this service in the spring, between May and June, for warm-season grasses, and fall, between September and October, for cool-season grasses. Call us at (404) 314-1474 to sign up for our core aeration service today.