Yard aeration is vital to lawn wellbeing. Lawn aeration adds air space for the earth permitting better water management and nutrients to reach the lawn roots. Much better absorption of water and nutrients results in a better, greener lawn. Soil content is of utmost importance. Lawns planted in clay soil necessitate aeration more often than average soil lawns. Clay soil is extremely dense and challenging to break up causing less air space. Aeration aids this problem. Low lying places also need better roots and ought to be aerated a lot more often than other areas of the lawn.
Yard aeration is important for high traffic foot areas and any low places in the yard that store water. These areas need to be aerated regularly. For most lawn attention with standard conditions, lawn aeration should be done approximately once twelve months. Problem areas can benefit from aerating more often, even as often as every month or two.
Three basic options exist to aerate lawns. Tine, core, and liquid aeration. Tine aeration calls for poking holes in the ground with a spike. This method is not recommend by authorities and can actually strengthen compaction for problem areas. Core aeration includes removing plugs of soil everywhere in the lawn that are around an inch in diameter. This method is used by some, but leaves holes all over the grass which is very unattractive. Fluid lawn aeration may be the best method of the three. A liquid treatment is applied and then watered into the lawn. The depth achieved by liquid aeration is roughly 4 times deeper than core aeration. Liquid aeration is effective in the fact there are no holes in the lawn from core aeration or tines. It is also safe and sound to be used around sprinkler products and tree roots.