Lawn-Care-Edu.com News: Soil Aeration ... the best thing you can do for a lawn

Nutri-Lawn Soil Core Aeration Service - Natural Organic Lawncare - Lawn Carehttp://www.nutrilawn.com/aeration.htmConcepts:
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Summary:
SOIL AERATION ....the best thing you can do for your lawn!Soil aeration is the mechanical removal of small cores of soil from the lawn using an aeration machine.It is often described as the most important thing you can do to create a healthy, thick and robust lawn.This thatch layer acts as a barrier, blocking the movement of air, water and fertilizers into the root zone.The thatch layer is the perfect environment for disease organisms, and insect pests.Chinch Bugs thrive in a thick thatch layer, and a variety of pathogenic turfgrass fungi can be found within a thatch layer.By keeping your thatch layer to a minimum you will reduce turf damage from insects and disease without the use of any pesticides.A compact soil results in the water and fertilizers sitting on the surface of soil, and this causes the roots, zhizomes and stolons of the lawn to grow on the surface, rapidly creating a thatch layer problem.In a lawn with a compacted soil, most of the root grow occurs close to the surface, and this creates a lawn that is highly susceptible to summer drought.Aeration opens up the soil so water, fertilizers and air can penetrate deep, encouraging roots to grow deep, resulting in a lawn better able to tolerate the periods of summer drought.Compacted soils or a thick thatch layer inhibit the penetration of the water into the soil.Thatch layers can become hydrophobic, repelling water and making it almost impossible to get water down into the root zone.

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