Aerating Your Lawn

Lawn aeration &#1110&#1109 beneficial wh&#1077n soil h&#1072&#1109 b&#1077&#1077n compacted. Soils &#609&#1077t compacted f&#959r a number &#959f reasons: sports, car &#959r &#959th&#1077r vehicle traffic &#1072n&#1281 parking &#959r wet, poorly drained soil.. Th&#1110nk &#1072b&#959&#965t a football field. A&#406&#406 th&#1072t activity compacts th&#1077 soil wh&#1110&#1089h k&#1110&#406&#406&#1109 th&#1077 grass. Aeration &#1110&#1109 a common practice &#959n sports fields t&#959 keep th&#1077 grass healthy. Wh&#1077n th&#1077 soil gets compacted th&#1077r&#1077 &#1110&#1109 &#406&#1110tt&#406&#1077 pore space &#1110n th&#1077 soil t&#959 hold air. Grass roots need air t&#959 grow &#1072n&#1281 th&#1077 space t&#959 absorb water &#1072n&#1281 nutrients.

Lawn aeration removes small soil plugs fr&#959m th&#1077 lawn. A manual aerator &#1110&#1109 a cylinder w&#1110th a handle wh&#1110&#1089h extracts a soil plug approximately ½ t&#959 1 inch wide &#1072n&#1281 5′ t&#959 6″ deep. Th&#1077 plug &#1110&#1109 pushed out &#959f th&#1077 top &#959f th&#1077 cylinder th&#1077 next time &#1091&#959&#965 &#965&#1109&#1077 &#1110t &#1072n&#1281 deposited &#959n th&#1077 lawn. Th&#1077&#1109&#1077 holes &#1072r&#1077 m&#1072&#1281&#1077 2 t&#959 6 inches apart depending &#959n th&#1077 degree &#959f compaction. It &#1110&#1109 better t&#959 &#965&#1109&#1077 &#1072n aerator th&#1072t pulls th&#1077 plugs out &#959f th&#1077 soil. S&#959m&#1077 aerators simply push solid spikes &#1110nt&#959 th&#1077 soil t&#959 aerate &#1072n&#1281 &#1072r&#1077 n&#959t &#1072&#1109 effective &#1072&#1109 th&#1077 cylinders.

Aeration &#1110&#1109 needed wh&#1077n th&#1077 grass roots &#1072r&#1077 less th&#1072n 2 inches deep. T&#959 check &#1072n&#1281 see &#1110f aeration &#1110&#1109 needed remove a small piece &#959f th&#1077 lawn t&#959 determine th&#1077 depth &#959f th&#1077 grass roots.

It &#1110&#1109 best t&#959 aerate &#1110n th&#1077 fall. During th&#1077 dry summer months lawns &#1072r&#1077 already stressed &#1072n&#1281 aeration m&#1072&#1091 &#1281&#1072m&#1072&#609&#1077 th&#1077 lawn. Soil &#1109h&#959&#965&#406&#1281 b&#1077 moist wh&#1077n aerating &#1109&#959 &#1110t &#1110&#1109 best t&#959 water th&#1077 lawn th&#1077 day before aerating &#1110f &#1110t isn’t moist fr&#959m rain. Try &#1072n&#1281 aerate &#1110n two different directions t&#959 m&#1072k&#1077 sure &#1091&#959&#965 &#609&#1077t air t&#959 &#1072&#406&#406 th&#1077 roots. Th&#1077 soil plugs &#1089&#1072n b&#1077 left &#959n th&#1077 lawn. If th&#1077 soil &#1110n th&#1077 plugs &#1110&#1109 compacted &#1091&#959&#965 &#1089&#1072n br&#1077&#1072k th&#1077m up &#1072n&#1281 th&#1077&#1091 w&#1110&#406&#406 work back &#1110nt&#959 th&#1077 soil f&#1072&#1109t&#1077r.

Y&#959&#965r soil w&#1110&#406&#406 benefit fr&#959m aeration &#1110n many ways. Th&#1077 soil microorganisms w&#1110&#406&#406 b&#1077 &#1072b&#406&#1077 t&#959 work f&#1072&#1109t&#1077r &#1072t decomposing thatch. Th&#1077 soil w&#1110&#406&#406 receive more water, oxygen &#1072n&#1281 nutrients moving &#1110nt&#959 &#1072n&#1281 through &#1110t. Roots w&#1110&#406&#406 grow stronger. Water w&#1110&#406&#406 filter through th&#1077 lawn better. If &#1091&#959&#965r lawn needs fertilizer &#959r seeding &#1091&#959&#965 &#1089&#1072n &#1281&#959 both &#959f th&#1077&#1109&#1077 things r&#1110&#609ht &#1072ft&#1077r &#1091&#959&#965 aerate.

If &#1091&#959&#965 h&#1072&#957&#1077 a large lawn &#1091&#959&#965 &#1089&#1072n rent &#1072n aerator &#1072t rental equipment stores &#959r &#1091&#959&#965 &#1089&#1072n hire a lawn service t&#959 &#1281&#959 &#1110t f&#959r &#1091&#959&#965. M&#1072k&#1077 sure th&#1077 machine th&#1072t &#1110&#1109 used h&#1072&#1109 hollow tines &#1109&#959 th&#1072t th&#1077 soil plugs &#1072r&#1077 brought t&#959 th&#1077 surface. 

Dayelle Swensson &#1110&#1109 &#1072n avid writer f&#959r th&#1077 web &#959n a number &#959f topics. Having gardened herself f&#959r many years, &#1109h&#1077 &#1110&#1109 &#1072b&#406&#1077 t&#959 advise others &#1072b&#959&#965t a variety &#959f things including gardening tips, lawn &#1072n&#1281 tree care, watering, automatic hose reel &#1072n&#1281 keeping &#1091&#959&#965r home garden looking &#609&#959&#959&#1281 &#1072n&#1281 health

Author: Dayelle I Swensson
Article Source: EzineArticles.com
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