Aeration in Valencia, CA

What is Aeration?

Similar to how your body needs oxygen, grass needs oxygen too! Over time, the soil under your grass becomes compacted. Compacted soil is bad for grass, as no room is present for the movement of nutrients, air, and water. This restricts healthy root growth and allows too much accumulation of thatch. With our aeration service, we can reverse all that by creating tiny holes throughout the lawn that will allow essential nutrients to penetrate the soil, thus resulting in more air, water, and nutrient movement to the roots.

Benefits of Aeration

• Improves lawn health
• Assists with thatch management by allowing better movement
• Enhances the color of your grass
• Increases fertilizer efficiency
• Reduces water runoff and puddling
• Pushes down soil compaction caused by pressure and thatch
• Minimizes weeds

After the aeration process, the roots of your grass may want to spread out and breathe freely. Take advantage of this by scheduling our overseeding service. Click here to request more details.

Rely on experts in aeration in Valencia, CA, by calling (661) 306-2471 today and letting us help schedule your aeration or overseeding services!

Aeration versus Dethatching

Aeration - involves the process of making tiny holes throughout the turf, which allows easier penetration of air, water, and fertilizers to the roots. By getting rid of any compaction that has taken place over time, through aeration, these nutrients can finally reach the roots and promote healthy grass growth. Aeration is usually ideal for lawns that have heavy clay-based or compacted soil.

Dethatching - is recommended for lawns with a thick thatch layer of more than ½ inch. It involves removing the layer of thatch that has accumulated over time. The process can be done using a power rake or verticutter that will help extract the dead grass clippings or stolons that make up the thatch layer. This will promote healthy lawn growth because the thatch layer is no longer choking the grass of essential nutrients and causing shallow rooting.

Both aeration and dethatching have their place and time as part of a proper lawncare program, so always consult our lawn professionals who can determine which one is best for your specific situation.

Aeration will:

• Improve drainage when applied with our inexpensive soil conditioning agent
• Enhance air circulation
• Break up thatch under the turf
• Stimulate growth of the micro-organisms in the soil
• Improve fertilizer uptake into the roots.

After Aeration, spreading an over-seeding mixture, specific for your type of turf, will fill any of the aeration holes and improve your Lawn's density, color, and or quality of grass.

When to Aerate Your Lawn

Though the process of core aeration can be completed at any time of the year, many homeowners choose the spring and fall months to take care of this important service. These times of the year are ideal since it allows the new grass roots the maximum time to grow and establish their full potential before the high heat months (summer). In addition, fall is the best time to go for aeration since the new growth has the perfect environment to get nutrients and recover well because the aeration holes allow better access of essential nutrients to the roots. This is particularly important for lawns that have been through a hot, dry summer as they will not be able to recover as well if they have been compacted (close to impervious) by the summer months.

Can I Aerate My Lawn Myself?

Though it is indeed possible to aerate your lawn on your own, hiring a lawn care company makes aeration in Valencia more efficient and effective. Commercial lawn aerators have sharper tines, which are longer than the residential aerators generally used by homeowners. These longer tines allow the aeration process to dig deeper into the surface, which greatly improves the effectiveness of the aeration.

Due to the machinery required, there is usually an aerator rental fee, but is it not high enough to discourage the task. You will also need access to the machine and a means to transport it, as it is generally larger and heavier than most of the equipment that homeowners use to maintain their gardens or lawns. Remember, putting too much pressure onto your grass with the machine at a time will not achieve the desired results. Always consult our pros to get started on your aeration near Valencia, CA.

Schedule your aeration service in Valencia, CA, today by calling us at (661) 306-2471 for lawn care and other related lawn concerns!