Aeration is a great way to make your garden beautiful. If you know the importance of aeration then you must have one question in your mind, when is the best time to aerate my lawn?
Before I give you the answer, I think you should have a clear cut idea about why you should aerate your lawn and how to do the aeration. If you know then you are good to go.
Here is the answer:
However, when is the very best time, well there are mainly two seasons, the spring and the fall. There are some great reasons behind the aeration in these two seasons.
Spring is a great time to aerate because I always recommend that you should also throw down some grass seed right after the aeration. Not that the grass goes in the holes but it’s just made you know that the lawn is a little bit rougher things and it’s a great time to throw down some grass seed.
The other reason that you could aerate in the spring if you have a thatch problem. Thatch is the layer of kind of organic material a lot of its mostly dead grass, leaves, and other things that resides just above the soil line.
Now, there is a common misconception:
Thatch is always a bad thing. That’s not right always. Thatch is good and thatch is bad as well. Too much thatch though can cause shallow rooting and cause all kinds of problems in the lawn.
So, aeration is a good way to control thatch. Aeration controls thatch without completely eliminating it.
Most people like to aerate lawn in the in fall because that is way better than aerating in spring. Watch the video below to get awesome 6 tips about fall lawn care.
Grass Types when aerating lawn
Grass-types is another important factor that affects the timing of lawn aeration. There are mainly two kinds of grass that you mainly have.
Cool-season grass
Warm-season grass
If you have one season variety like Bermuda grass, the best time to aerate is mid-spring to early summer when the grass is actively growing but it gets too hot and dry.
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