What is the best time of year to aerate your lawn?

Grasses are generally classified as “cool season grasses” and “warm season grasses”. Cool season grasses are generally found in the northern 1/2 to 2/3’s of the country, while warm season grasses are found in the southern 1/3 of the country. Generally, cool season grasses are best aerated in the fall, as temperatures cool down and moisture from fall rains is plentiful.

Do you really need to aerate your lawn?

The answer is yes! Lawn aeration is the most important “cultural practice” you as a homeowner can perform, in addition to proper mowing and watering practices. If you couple these practices along with a professional lawn care program you will see great results over time and know you are doing all you can to make your lawn look the best, it can!

How much does it cost to aerate the lawn?

Aeration service from a professional, established lawn or landscape company with cost in the range of $75 to $200 or more. In most cases, the cost of aeration will depend on the size of your lawn, with larger lawns costing more. A lawn in a typical suburban neighborhood will generally cost around $100 – $150. Be sure to give ExperiGreen Lawn Care a call for a price to have your lawn aerated.

What do you do after you aerate your lawn?

There is nothing that is absolutely required after a lawn is aerated, but we often recommend that you overseed immediately after. With the holes or cores pulled from the lawn, applying improved seed varieties is a very effective way to thicken the lawn, help to fill in bare areas and introduce newer, improved varieties of grass into your lawn.

Lawn Aeration Services

Lawn care made easy! Affordable lawn aeration services near you by ExperiGreen. Lower compaction, improve drainage and allow water and nutrients to reach the roots.

Local Lawn Aeration Service

Across the Cincinnati and Dayton region, thousands of our customers have us aerate their lawns each year. Sure, it’s one of the best things you can do for your lawn, but why?

Organic Turf Company offers two lawn aeration options: Liquid and Core Aeration. Liquid Aeration is a new product in the green industry. We have tested state-of-the-art products and application methods to ensure we are providing our customers with the very best service possible.

With our core aeration, we use machines that remove thousands of plugs from your lawn. Removing these plugs promotes:

Soil decompaction
Root growth
Improved air, water, and nutrient exchange
Natural thatch reduction

Benefits Of Our Lawn Aeration Services

Liquid aeration is exactly how it sounds. It is a “Liquid Aeration”. Liquid aeration is a process using a combination of uniquely designed products that offer the same results without pulling core plugs from the soil. Instead, the liquid aeration product depends on gravity to deliver the product directly to the root system. This makes for a healthier grass plant, improves the performance of our fertilizers, improves water drainage, reduces the amount of water you need in the hot, dry summer months, and allows water to penetrate deeper, down to the roots.

Aeration is best done any time during the Spring and Fall seasons. However, if we perform your aeration in the fall, it presents the perfect opportunity to include lawn overseeding. Lawn overseeding is a great way to improve a thin lawn and make it thick and lush.

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Remove Thatch From Your Lawn

Lawn aeration is a mechanical process where cores of soil are removed from the lawn. This relieves the compaction in the soil and allows air, water and nutrients into the existing root system. Another important aspect of aeration is thatch removal. Thatch is an accumulation of dead grass stems, debris and other material that builds up at the soil level. Thatch impedes the movement of water and decreases air circulation down to the root level.

Core Aeration Services

Core aeration will allow the root system to spread and thicken the existing turf. By removing the soil cores and decreasing thatch levels, the lawn can “breathe” and better utilize water, air and nutrients. It will help restore the health and color back into your lawn. When coupled with overseeding and continued fertilization your lawn will be healthier and thicker, which helps crowd out weeds.

Our core lawn aeration service benefits you and your lawn in several ways: By having ExperiGreen perform your aeration service you don’t have to find a machine to rent, make sure you have a way to transport it and then use the heavy machine. It can be physical, exhausting work! Aeration improves the overall health of your lawn by relieving soil compaction and helps to minimize thatch. It allows your lawn to “breathe” easier. Core Aeration improves water penetration to the root system of your grass plants and increases air exchange also. All of these benefits add up to improving the results of your ExperiGreen lawn program and improving the health of your lawn!

Liquid Aeration Services

Liquid aeration is a relatively new process that can supplement or even replace what is known as “Mechanical Core Aeration”. While the benefits of core aeration are widely known, liquid aeration is a process using a mix of specially designed products that offer the same results without the mess of soil cores left on your lawn or potential damage to electric dog fences or irrigation heads. It also is easier to perform, less costly to you as a consumer and fits especially well on lawns with limited access due to fences or elevation changes.

Imagine getting your hilly or steep lawn aerated now when you or your lawn service company couldn’t safely use their machine! Our liquid aeration service loosens the soil and allows for improved air movement, water infiltration, and better utilization of the fertilizer and other products used by ExperiGreen.

ExperiGreen Liquid Lawn Aeration Service Offers:

Liquid Aeration is Less Expensive

Traditional, mechanical core aeration service costs between $250 – $300 on average. For larger lawns, you could expect to pay $300 or more. Liquid aeration does not require a special machine or operators, so the cost is less. You can expect to pay $175 – $200 for a professional liquid aeration service for an average size lawn.

Liquid Aeration is Quicker and Easier to Perform

Our Service Representatives can apply the Liquid Aeration products using their standard application equipment; no need for a specialized, heavy machine. Since ExperiGreen can perform the service easier, more efficiently and at less cost, we can pass the savings on to you in the form of a lower cost service!

Liquid Aeration Covers More of Your Lawn

When a liquid aeration application is made, it covers 100% of your lawn area. With mechanical core aeration, the machine pulls cores or plugs only every few inches or so. So, an average 6 or 7,000 sq ft lawn may only have cores or plugs pulled on about ½ the lawn area. You can pay for a double pass core aeration or multiple pass aeration, but the cost only goes up! Liquid aeration covers more of your lawn at a lower cost.

No Soil Cores or Plugs are Left on Your Lawn

One of the biggest complaints we hear from our customers is about the soil plugs left behind after the service is completed. Your lawn can look pretty beat up for a time after a mechanical core aeration has been performed. The soil plugs do disintegrate over a few weeks and there is benefit to bringing the soil to the surface, but it can be a mess. Liquid Aeration offers most of the benefits of aeration, without the downsides and complaints we hear about.

Liquid Aeration Penetrates Deeper than Mechanical Core Aeration

Mechanical core aeration generally penetrates down into the soil to a depth of 2-4 inches. On the other hand, thanks to gravity, Liquid Aeration can penetrate much deeper. The benefits of this are many; the soil is broken up or fractured much deeper, allowing grass roots to grow more readily and expand faster. This makes for a healthier grass plant and dramatically improves the performance of our fertilizers and other applications. A “looser” aerated soil has better water drainage and percolation which helps reduce standing water, reduces the amount of water you need in the hot, dry summer months and allows water to penetrate deeper, down to the roots where it is needed!

Sure Signs Your Lawn Needs Aeration!

The Grass Feels “Spongy” When Walking on It

This indicates excessive thatch build up. Layers of dead roots, grass clippings, leaves and other organic debris builds up under your grass plants on top of the roots. This thatch layer can give your turf a “spongy” feeling when you walk on it. This excessive thatch prevents air, water and nutrients from being effective and can also harbor lawn damaging insects. Liquid aeration helps minimize and mitigate thatch build up.

Compacted Soil

Foot traffic, construction, heavy equipment and thatch build up can cause the soil get hard and compacted. This also hinders air movement and water infiltration/percolation down into the root zone. Compaction also prevents roots from growing freely and expanding.

Water Pools on the Surface

Soil compaction and thatch build-up tend to prevent water from being absorbed into the soil and can cause runoff. This can cause loss of needed nutrients. If there is standing water after a rainfall or after you water your lawn, this is another sign you need to aerate your lawn.

Do I Need To Aerate My Lawn?

Northern Lawns

For northern lawns, grass types are classified as “cool season” grasses. These include Bluegrass, Ryegrass, and Turf Type Fescue lawns. You can aerate these grasses anytime during active turf growth (late spring, through late fall), although it is recommended that mechanical core aeration is best done during the fall. This timeframe helps the grass plants recover from the stress of the hot and dry summer and takes advantage of cooler temperatures and fall rains so root growth and expansion are maximized. Another benefit of Liquid Aeration is that it can be performed with good results at any time of the growing season

Southern Lawns

For southern lawns, grass types are classified as “warm-season” grasses. These grass types include Bermudagrass, Zoysia grass, Centipede grass, and St. Augustine grass. Warm-season grasses go dormant and turn brown or tan in the late fall through the cooler winter season. Once temperatures rise and daylight increases in the spring, warm-season grasses start to come out of dormancy, and growth starts again. Mechanical core aeration is best performed on warm-season grasses once they are actively growing and fully out of dormancy. Mechanical core aeration or liquid aeration is highly beneficial for warm-season grasses when they are actively growing.

Why Your Neighbors Love The Organic Turf Company

At Organic Turf, we believe in maintaining a team of properly trained, passionate technicians focused on serving you. We understand the importance of maintaining a healthy, green lawn and ensure that we embody our core values of excellence and integrity in every customer interaction.

Frequently Asked Questions

Why is aeration necessary for my lawn?

Over time, soil can become compacted, reducing its ability to absorb water and nutrients. This leads to poor grass health and increased vulnerability to drought, disease, and thatch buildup. Aeration relieves compaction, enhances root growth, and encourages a thicker, healthier lawn.