Core Aerating in Bath Township Ohio

For decades now professional greens keepers at golf courses have known that the secret to beautiful, dense, lush grass is core aeration.

Core aeration is a lawn care practice that are hidden in plain sight in Bath Ohio. Aeration probably sounds familiar to you or maybe not, but most people have seen core aeration before. Think back to your sports fields in school. Remember all the little plugs of dirt scattered all over the field? Core aeration.

Core aeration is the process of making thousands of small holes and removing plugs from your lawn in Bath OH. The holes greatly reduces thatch and eliminates soil compaction in your lawn. Core aeration allows fertilizer, nutrients, water, fertilizer and air to reach the roots. The holes also create room for new grass seed to get under the surface of the lawn. The result will be new grass growth, as well as dramatically increased root development for the lawn. This creates a big difference in having a thicker, greener, healthier lawn. Core aeration also reduces water runoff, improves resiliency in the turf and improves drought tolerance.

Thatch is healthy and natural occurrence in the lawn. When it becomes over a ½ inch thick it becomes a major problem. Core aeration removes the plugs of soil and thatch from your lawn and deposits them back on the lawn. By plugging holes in the lawn it completely removes thatch in those areas and begins to thin the other areas of thatch in the lawn. As the core plugs melt back into the lawn, the soil mixes with the thatch and speeds up the process of decomposition. The Microbes in the plugs breakdown and start decomposing the other thatch on the lawn that are left behind.

Though some homeowners will try to aerate with spikes, core aeration is done with a gas powered core aerating machine. According to all major studies, using spikes will not work because the process doesn’t pull the plugs out. It just makes small holes in the soil, which doesn’t relieve pressure on your lawn or help with any thatch issues. The small holes will close very quickly and never allow much nutrients, water, air or fertilizer into the soil.

New Lawns And Core Aeration

New lawns need core aeration. Often, because builders just throw down grass seed without doing any prepping your soil. Then you are left with a lawn that has been trampled by heavy machinery and is compacted immediately. If your lawn is compacted, your lawn will be thin and not healthy. It's recommended to aerate your lawn twice a year. Golf courses at the very minimum core aerate at least twice a year and more than not aerate almost monthly.

Should Homeowners Hire a Lawn Care Service for Core Aeration?

In this case, unless you are set on sweating it out on your own lawn, it’s easiest to just hire a lawn care company to do this. If you want to do a DIY, you can rent a core aerator from $100 to $200 plus. To purchase one would cost you more than you want to spend plus the high maintenance they require can be a lot of work. It is best to let the lawn care professionals take care of aeration with their commercial equipment while you sit back and enjoy your beautiful lawn.