Core aeration is a beneficial lawn care service for properties in Tennessee that involves pulling up plugs of soil to loosen compaction and allow nutrients and other resources to reach the roots of your grass more easily. After this process, you'll want to care for your lawn to help it recover and reap the most benefits from it. For one, you'll want to water it thoroughly and deeply immediately afterward to prevent the soil from drying out. You'll also want to avoid heavy foot and machinery traffic to avoid putting additional stress on your grass. Lastly, you should leave the leftover soil cores to decompose, as they will return nutrients to your lawn as they do!

Water Your Lawn Thoroughly & Deeply After Core Aeration to Prevent the Soil From Drying Out

After core aeration, it's important to water your lawn thoroughly and deeply to prevent the soil from drying out. This process involves pulling up plugs of soil, which can leave your lawn susceptible to drying out. By watering your lawn immediately after aeration, you can help keep the soil moist and promote healthy root growth. It's best to water your lawn deeply and consistently over the next couple of weeks to ensure it has enough moisture to recover and thrive. Staying consistent with watering during this period will make a noticeable difference in how quickly your lawn bounces back.

Avoid Heavy Foot & Machinery Traffic After Core Aeration

After core aeration, it's important to avoid heavy foot and machinery traffic on your lawn for some time. Core aeration can be an invasive process, and your lawn will need time to recover. Heavy foot and machinery traffic can put additional stress on your lawn and hinder its recovery. To avoid this, it's best to keep foot and machinery traffic to a minimum for at least a couple of weeks after core aeration. Giving your lawn this time to rest allows the soil to settle and the roots to strengthen. The less disruption during this period, the better your lawn will respond and fill in over time.

You'll want to avoid mowing your lawn for at least a week after core aeration to give it time to recover!

After core aeration, leave the leftover soil cores on your lawn to decompose.

Soil cores on grass after an aeration service in Memphis, TN.

After core aeration, you'll notice small soil cores scattered across your lawn. While some may find them unsightly, it's best to leave them alone. These soil cores will decompose over time, and as they do, they will return nutrients to your lawn. If you want to speed up the decomposition process, you can break them up with a rake or run over them with your lawn mower, but it's best to leave them alone to decompose naturally.

As the soil cores from the aeration process decompose, they will return valuable nutrients to your lawn!

Call Us Today to Schedule Our Core Aeration Service

At Herbi-Systems, we offer our core aeration service to loosen compacted soil and make it easier for nutrients and other resources to reach the roots of your grass. We perform this service in the spring and fall to ensure your lawn is strong enough to endure the process and recover quickly. We also recommend scheduling it annually to keep your soil in good condition and your lawn at its best. We offer our core aeration service to residential and commercial properties, as well as HOAs, in Memphis, Collierville, Germantown, and throughout the surrounding areas in Tennessee. Give us a call today at (901) 382-5296 to schedule our core aeration service and help your lawn thrive! We look forward to hearing from you!