After years of foot traffic, child’s play, and other activities on your lawn, the soil becomes very hard and compacted. Compacted soils don’t leave much space for roots to grow. I’m sure you can appreciate that it’s next to impossible to have a lush lawn when the grass roots are struggling for room to grow! So aeration relieves the compaction and makes room for the roots of your lawn to thrive! 

But reducing soil compaction does even more! Loose aerated soil will improve the ability of air and water to reach the roots of your lawn. A hard lawn will not easily absorb water, in fact, most of the water will pool on the surface and evaporate or run off. Likewise, air which is crucial to your lawns survival has a very difficult time reaching the grass roots.

Should I oversee my lawn? 

The two main reasons for overseeing lawns are: 

    1. The lawn has become thin, brown, and patchy.

    2. Warm-season grass which goes dormant in the winter may be overseeded with cool-season seed for year-round growth.