TL;DR
Core aeration is the lawn treatment of pulling thousands of small soil plugs, typically half an inch wide and two to three inches deep, with a machine of hollow tines, relieving compaction and opening channels for air, water, and fertilizer to reach roots. The plugs stay on the surface and crumble back within a couple weeks.
What it means
Core aeration is the lawn treatment of pulling thousands of small soil plugs, typically half an inch wide and two to three inches deep, with a machine of hollow tines, relieving compaction and opening channels for air, water, and fertilizer to reach roots. The plugs stay on the surface and crumble back within a couple weeks. Cool-season lawns benefit most in early fall, warm-season in late spring, and pairing it with overseeding is the classic combination because seed falling into the holes germinates in protected contact with soil.
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