Category: Aeration

When to Aerate your Lawn

As with bigger yard projects like planting grass seed, it’s ideal to aerate just before you plant seeds. Aeration is useful for yards. However, it can stress grass whenever if planned at the wrong time. Never circulate air through dormant grass.

In the Atlanta area we normally have warm-season grasses, the best time to aerate the lawn is pre-summer or late-spring. If you aerate when the grass is in peak growing season, the grass will recover quickly to fill in the holes let by the aerator.

Aeration works best on wet soil. So, it is best practice to water your lawn the night before. The opposite side is while you want the soil moist because of the weight of the aerator don’t aerate with a wet lawn.

After you Aerate

As with bigger yard projects like planting grass seed, it’s ideal to aerate just before you plant seeds. Aeration is useful for yards. However, it can stress grass whenever if planned at the wrong time. Never circulate air through dormant grass.

In the Atlanta area we normally have warm-season grasses, the best time to aerate the lawn is pre-summer or late-spring. If you aerate when the grass is in peak growing season, the grass will recover quickly to fill in the holes let by the aerator.

Aeration works best on wet soil. So, it is best practice to water your lawn the night before. The opposite side is while you want the soil moist because of the weight of the aerator don’t aerate with a wet lawn.