Core aeration is a highly beneficial service that involves pulling up plugs of soil from your lawn to loosen compaction and make it easier for nutrients and other resources to reach its roots. This process provides quick results, as you'll notice a difference in its health within a few weeks! However, you'll want to aerate it regularly, ideally once a year, to ensure it always has good access to everything it needs to stay healthy. For warm-season grasses, you should do this in early summer, while cool-season lawns in Tennessee should be aerated in the fall.

When can you expect results from core aeration?

Soil cores on a perforated lawn in Memphis, TN, from aeration.

Core aeration is a highly beneficial service that provides quick results! After aerating your lawn, you'll notice a difference in its health within a few weeks. After all, the mechanical process of pulling up plugs of soil immediately alleviates the hard, packed layer, with the holes serving as passageways for nutrients and other vital resources. The soil cores left behind will also break down within 2-4 weeks, returning nutrients to the soil.

Core aeration is a great way to help your lawn absorb nutrients from fertilizer treatments more efficiently.

Will the results of core aeration last?

While core aeration provides quick results, you'll want to regularly do it to ensure your lawn always has good access to everything it needs to stay healthy year after year. After all, it's constantly exposed to foot traffic, lawn mowers, and other stressors that can cause soil compaction. Because of this, you should aim to aerate it once a year to continue reaping the benefits. By doing this, you can help your lawn stay in its best shape and have an easier time absorbing the resources it needs to build up its strength and beautiful green color.

When should you core aerate your lawn?

The best time to core aerate your lawn depends on the type of grass you have. For warm-season grasses, it's best to do it in early summer. This is because they thrive during this time, so aerating it will give it the best chance of surviving the hot summer months. Meanwhile, cool-season lawns should be aerated in the fall. The cooler temperatures, paired with the still-warm soil, provide optimal conditions for them to endure the process and recover quickly. Not only that, but aerating in the fall will also help it prepare for the winter season by giving it better access to the resources it needs to survive dormancy. By aerating your lawn at the right time, you can ensure it has the best chance of reaping the most benefits from this service.

Call us today to schedule our core aeration service!

If you want to give your lawn better access to the nutrients and resources it needs to thrive, look no further than our core aeration service! At Herbi-Systems, we'll pass over your turf with our aerator machine to pull up plugs of soil and loosen compaction. That way, it can more easily absorb everything it needs to bolster its health, strength, and vibrant green color! We offer this service from June to mid-July for warm-season grasses and from September to October for cool-season lawns, and we highly recommend scheduling it annually to continue reaping the benefits. With our team, you can trust that we'll do right by your lawn and give it the best chance of staying in its best shape year after year.

We offer our core aeration service to residential and commercial properties, as well as HOAs, in Memphis, Collierville, Germantown, TN, and throughout the surrounding areas. Call us today at (901) 382-5296 to schedule this service!