A lawn aeration is completed by using a petrol-powered machine that inserts finger length solid tine holes in the lawn. It can also be used to take out plugs of soil, which is called hollow tine, this helps to remove the build-up of thatch (dead grass).

This is a specialist machine and is a imperative part of lawn treatment. Once a lawn has been aerated air, light, moisture and fertiliser can fall into the soil and make the soil more fertile and improve the lawns health. From this point each time we visit and apply our specialist licenced weed-killers and fertilisers the lawn will react more positively. 

The best time to complete an aeration is during the autumn and winter months weather permitting.

Aeration is also completed to remove compaction within a lawn prior to over seed and topdressing patchy lawns.

“An annual aeration is included as part of our monthly lawn treatment service”