If your lawn in Ohio is looking lackluster, it may be due to compacted soil. Fortunately, core aeration can help! During this service, professionals will go over your lawn with an aerator machine, which will pull up plugs of soil to loosen compaction and make it easier for nutrients and resources to reach the roots of your grass. If you have an invisible dog fence, they may also mark it to avoid damaging it. After they finish, you'll notice plugs of soil all over your lawn—don't touch them! They'll decompose and return beneficial nutrients to your lawn. Additionally, many lawn care companies offer overseeding with their core aeration service. If you opt for this, they'll spread seeds over your lawn after aerating it to fill in any bare or patchy areas and increase its overall density.

What happens during a core aeration service?

Worker aerating a lawn on a property in Delaware, OH.

During a core aeration service, professionals will go over your lawn with a machine called an aerator. This machine will pull up plugs of soil from your lawn to loosen compacted soil and allow nutrients and resources to reach the roots of your grass more easily.

Additionally, if you have an invisible dog fence, some professionals may mark it to avoid damaging it. This is because the machine used for core aeration can damage these types of fences, so marking them beforehand ensures that they don't accidentally damage yours.

It's best to schedule a core aeration service in the fall, when your grass is strong enough to withstand the process.

What should you do with the plugs of soil left behind after a core aeration service?

After a core aeration service, you'll notice plugs of soil all over your lawn. While it may be tempting to remove them, it's best to leave them alone. That's because they'll decompose and return beneficial nutrients to your lawn. Removing them would deprive your grass of these nutrients, which could hinder its growth and overall health. It usually only takes a week or two for the plugs to decompose, so you won't have to look at them for too long.

As the plugs of soil from an aeration service decompose, they will return the nutrients they contain back to the soil.

Many lawn care companies offer overseeding with their core aeration service.

Many lawn care companies offer overseeding with their core aeration service. Overseeding involves spreading grass seeds over your existing lawn to fill in any bare or patchy areas and increase its overall density. By combining these two services, you can help your lawn recover from compaction and promote new growth at the same time.

Core aeration creates thousands of holes in your lawn, which provides an excellent seedbed for the grass seeds. These holes protect the seeds from being blown away by the wind or eaten by animals and give them direct contact with the soil, increasing their chances of germinating successfully. By combining core aeration and overseeding, you can achieve a lush, healthy lawn that can withstand the elements.

Call us today to schedule our core aeration service!

At Hoffmans Lawn & Fertilization, we offer our core aeration service to help your lawn thrive. During this service, we'll go over your lawn with an aerator machine to loosen compacted soil and make it easier for nutrients and resources to reach the roots of your grass. This service can be paired with our overseeding service to fill in any bare or patchy areas and increase your turf's overall density. This service is offered to residential and commercial property owners, as well as HOAs, in Delaware, OH, and throughout the surrounding areas, including Lewis Center and Powell. Give us a call today at (740) 318-5296 to schedule our core aeration service!