Missed Out on Fall Aeration? You Can Still Schedule This Spring!

Missed Out on Fall Aeration? You Can Still Schedule This Spring!

Your lawn needs essential nutrients and resources to survive and thrive throughout the year. In Illinois, you want to make sure your cool-season grass can grow during the cooler seasons like spring and fall while also building up enough tolerance to handle the more demanding ones. This is where core aeration comes into play. Aerating your lawn once a year is instrumental to providing nutrients and resources with direct access to the roots of your grass. Ideally, you want to aerate your lawn during the cooler seasons like fall to promote healthy development. But don’t fret! If you missed your window to aerate your lawn in the fall, then you still have the chance to do so in the spring, which will give your grass time to grow strong enough to handle the upcoming summer heat.

What is core aeration, and when should you schedule it in Illinois?

Core aeration is the process of creating tiny holes in your soil to alleviate soil compaction. This is typically achieved by using a machine that travels across your lawn and digs up 2–3-inch cores in your soil. The holes left behind by this machine act as passageways for essential nutrients and resources to reach the roots of your grass. In Illinois, you want to aerate your lawn during the fall or spring because that's when cool-season grass is actively growing. By scheduling this service during these seasons, you are also preparing your lawn to endure the harsher weather in winter or summer.

If you missed your chance to aerate your lawn in the fall, then schedule it in the spring!

Spring is another great time to schedule a core aeration service. So, if you didn't get the chance to aerate your lawn in fall, then spring is still a viable option for you. Aerating your lawn during this season will promote healthy grass growth by allowing the nutrients it needs to get right to the roots of your lawn. This is extremely helpful when it comes to preparing your grass for the summer. When those nutrients can make it to the root zone of your grass, it'll boost your lawn's stress tolerance and help it withstand the hot summer temperatures that are right around the corner.

You should aerate your lawn at least once a year to combat soil compaction.

Regardless of whether you schedule core aeration in the spring or fall, you should still aim to get it done at least once a year because it will help combat soil compaction. Compacted soil naturally occurs in lawns as the pores in your soil are pressed together, blocking those essential nutrients and resources from reaching the roots of your grass. By creating passageways via core aeration, you are loosening your soil and allowing your grass to receive what it needs to grow and establish stronger root systems.

Give us a call today to sign up for our core aeration service.

At Creekside Landscapes, we offer our core aeration service in both the spring and fall seasons. This service will loosen any compacted soil on your lawn to create pathways for nutrients and other essential resources to reach the roots of your grass. We provide this service to commercial, residential, and HOA properties in Edwardsville, IL, and in surrounding areas like Glen Carbon and Bethalto. Give us a call today at (618) 374-0010 to sign up for our core aeration service! We look forward to working with you!