Bring Life Back to Your Yard with Our Aeration and Seeding Solutions
Our aeration and overseeding service involves removing small plugs of grass and soil throughout the lawn then spreading seed over the lawn.
Aeration opens up space for water, oxygen, and nutrients to penetrate the lawn and reach the roots.
Overseeding helps thicken thin and bare areas and to introduce new grass to your existing lawn. Overseeding provides the perfect maintenance needed to maintain a healthy green lawn.
HEALTHIER LAWN
Benefits of Lawn Aeration and Overseeding
Core Aeration & Overseeding your lawn encourages roots to grow deeper and helps limit thatch levels in the lawn. Plugs of soil are removed from your lawn and deposited on top of the turf, and will organically break down over one or two weeks. This process is best done in early fall in conjunction with an application of fertilizer. This will help get nutrients to the root zone of your lawn.
The best result of aeration is that compacted soil becomes loose, which means that the roots can deepen and spread easy, forming a network of roots that will withstand heat and drought better than before. The openings that are punched into the soil and thatch allows prevention of the spread of fungal diseases and enhances the growth of microorganisms that digest lawn thatch. An aerated lawn also permits fertilizer and water to reach the plant roots, which will also help with healthy growth.
Aerating your lawn will aid in weed prevention, as well as keep your lawn looking lush. Not only functional, but beautiful too!
AERATION
For those unfamiliar with core aeration, this is the same service that is performed on golf course greens. It is a process that extracts “plugs” of existing soil and deposits them on the surface of the lawn.
The aeration service relieves soil compaction allowing grass roots to expand. Allows air, sunlight, rain/water, fertilizer and nutrients to penetrate deep into the root system where it is needed. It brings microorganisms to the surface. While they are working their way back into the soil, they help to break up the thatch layer that can accumulate on the surface of the soil. The cores (plugs) break up over a week or so, providing a light “top dressing” of fresh soil, which also aids in the decomposition of any accumulating thatch. The aerator holes create a moist, protected, environment for seedling growth.
It permits the root system to go deeper where the ground temperature is cooler and more moist, allowing the grass to stay greener longer in the heat of the summer.
OVERSEEDING
Aeration will allow the seeding process to be better received by your lawn. For the best results, we recommend that seeding be done following an aeration or verticutting. This will allow you to create a seed bed by loosening the soil with the aeration or verticutting, thus allowing you the most “seed to soil” contact, which is crucial to seed germination.
The best time to do seeding is in the fall! By following the natural life cycle of most grasses, which go to seed during summer and then germinate in the early fall, you will get the best, most vigorous stands of grass. Competition is at its lowest point of the year from weeds and insect pests and you also avoid the chance of newly seeded grass from getting burned in the hot summer months.
Premium Lawn Care Package
February – April (Early Spring Application)
This application will consist of a fertilizer high in nitrogen, crabgrass pre-emergent, and weed control. The purpose of this visit is to provide the lawn with essential nutrients to help bring the lawn out of winter dormancy and give it an early spring green up. We also spot treat any weeds that are present. The pre-emergent will help prevent crabgrass from invading your lawn.
April – May (Late Spring Lawn Application)
We will apply a balanced fertilizer, broadleaf weed control and an application of pre-emergent herbicide. This application will continue to improve the color and thickness of the turf, plus take care of any weed issues through the lawn. The pre-emergent will help prevent crabgrass an foxtail from invading your lawn.
May – June (Early Summer Lawn Application)
Summer can be a stressful time for your turf. This application will prepare the lawn for summer through a balanced fertilization and broadleaf weed control application. This visit will occur during the time of year when weeds begin to see disease and insect activity and we can inform you of the options that will best control or prevent these problems.
Grub Control Application
Pro Turf uses the industry’s longest lasting, #1 insecticide to help control grub damage on your lawn. We apply grub control in the early summer to target grubs during a time when they must feed constantly to survive. The grub control we apply is an appetite suppressant that keeps grub worms from feeding on the root system of your lawn.
July – August (Mid Summer Lawn Application)
This application is a balanced fertilization designed to help the lawn recover from the summer stresses. We will also make recommendations on seeding, aeration and other beneficial services, as needed on an individual basis.
August – September (Late Summer Lawn Application)
With this application we apply a surface insect application to help control any turf damaging insects. We treat any summer weeds that may be popping up, plus we continue to inspect the lawn for any disease or fungus activity that may be occurring at this time.
October – November (Fall Lawn Application)
Optimum development of the turf occurs during this time of year. We take advantage of the root development period for the lawn an supply it with increased levels fo the nutrients it needs. This application is also beneficial to newly seeded lawns to help develop a stronger root system.
November – December (Winterizer)
This is generally the winterizer to your lawn. This application will consist of the valuable nutrients that your lawn needs to promote green up in the following season and to make it through our unpredictable winters.
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Weed Control
We guarantee treatment for more weeds than our competitors. While other companies charge extra for the more difficult weeds like crabgrass and nutsedge, we include them as part of our regular service and back up our guarantee with unlimited free service calls.
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Insect Control
Pro Turf includes a topical insect control as a part of your regular service. This treatment is applied in late Summer when turf-damaging insects such as sod webworm, army worms, and chinch bugs begin feeding on your grass.
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Aeration
This is the same service that is performed on golf course greens! It is a process that extracts “plugs” of existing soil and deposits them on the surface of the lawn. Aeration loosens the soil and allows air, water and nutrients to reach your lawn roots.
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Overseeding
We suggest aerating and seeding in the Fall because the temperatures are cooler thus creating a good environment to establish the lawn. The root system then becomes more mature and is ready to excel the next Spring and Summer.
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Tree and Shrub
We know how important your trees are to you and the value of your home. Unfortunately, many of the problems caused by insects and diseases go unnoticed until it is too late. We will treat for insects and disease as well as keep your trees healthy and strong.
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