12/14/2011
Tis the season to aerate your lawn!
It’s still a great time to aerate in Seattle, because the high temperature is still in the mid 40’s. And with all the rain we’ve been getting the ground is real soft but not to soft, making it ideal conditions for aerating. Normally October is the best time to Aerate in the fall, but I put off my Aerating till November because we had so little rain.
Here are some good reasons to aerate your lawn:
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Aerating helps loosen compact soil.
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It allows air, water, and nutrients to get down to the root zone where it counts.
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The hollow metal shafts of the aerator tines cut the roots of the grass, which stimulates the roots to grow deeper in the soil.
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Aerating removes thatch in your lawn. The aerator cuts out of the soil a lot of little plugs, which are left lying on your lawn. The plugs then break down and go back into the soil, and the thatch on the top of the plugs just blows away, or is sucked into the lawn mower.
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Also Aerating again in early spring will save you a lot of money on your water bill. In late spring early summer, the aerating holes will allow the water to seep into the soil where it will do the most good, and it will last a lot longer before it evaporates.
