Fall Lawn Care Means Core Aeration and Seeding
Posted on Fri, Sep 02, 2011
Fall time in South Jersey marks the best time for core aeration and seeding. If you are only going to perform two tasks for your lawn, these should be the two: lawn aeration and seeding. They are singularly, the most significant actions you can take to guarantee a healthy lawn next season. You might have read some of our other articles about core aeration in South Jersey. If that’s the case, you’ll recall that we suggested aeration be performed at least once a year. Did we tell you why?
If you seed in the Spring, the hot summer weather will kill your seedlings. If you wait until Summer, well, same thing. Seeding in the fall will allow the seeds to take to earth before the cold weather hits. They can lay dormant during the winter months, then have plenty of cool Spring temps to start sprouting. If you time it right, you’ll have lush, beautiful grass all Summer long.
Not so fast! Before you can seed, you should have lawn aeration completed. In South Jersey lawn aeration and seeding should be done from the last week of August through the last week of October. In the aeration process, a lawn is punctured with a special machine. Aeration loosens compact soil, making it ideal for the seeds to be planted. The loosened soil accepts fertilizer and water more efficiently as well.
Most importantly, if aeration and seeding is not completed, you can expect your lawn to regress in the next year. Fall lawn care in South Jersey does mean you need to perform some aeration and seeding.
Contact us today to request core aeration and seeding.
