Aeration

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Looking for Thatch

 

Lawn aeration and thatching are essential to maintaining a beautiful lawn.

Aeration is best carried out after the scarification process. If your lawn shows foot wear, looks brown or the grass drains slowly it will be due to the fact that the soil is probably compacted. The organic layer of materials that embeds itself between the grass and the soil is known as thatch.

Thatch cannot be removed completely but it should be kept under control. If you find that your lawn drains slowly then the soil is probably compacted due to thatch. Thatch should not reach more than 1/2" or 3/4" thick as the result will be moisture starvation to the roots and this will lead to increase insect growth and then lawn disease. Lawns need aeration.

Aeration

Aeration is a technique that will help counteract the threatened life of a lawns. The equipment used by Cambridge Lawn Solutions produces holes that pull 1/2" to 3/4" plugs of soil from your lawn going as deep as 6" and drilling several inches apart.

The Benefits

Benefits of aeration include improving grass root capability, enabling the filtering in of fertilizers, increase in air consumption and increase of water flow to the soil enhancing reproduction of micro-organisms ensuring that thatch is kept at a minimum.