Lawn Care Service in Overland Park, Olathe, & surrounding Kansas City Areas
Brian Langdon is the owner of Green Head Turf Systems in Olathe, Kansas. Green Head Turf Systems provides lawn care service in Johnson County and the surrounding areas, and offers a variety of eco-friendly, pet-safe treatment programs designed by local horticulturalists to cultivate the lush, beautiful turf Langdon's clients demand. In this series of articles, Langdon explains his six-step program for a gorgeous lawn, talks about the benefits of lawn aeration and other special services, and offers lawn care advice for Kansas City homeowners.
Aeration & Overseeding
Remember that your turf is a living, breathing organism, and as such needs air, light moisture and nutrients to thrive. If the soil is compacted these elements cannot reach the roots and the result is a thin stand of grass that has difficulty growing. That's when aeration comes to the rescue!
What is Aeration and How Does it Help the Lawn?
Core aeration is the environmentally- friendly process of removing lots of small plugs of soil from the lawn to help break up soil compaction and thatch build-up. The removed plugs are left on the surface to break down naturally over a period of a few weeks. The holes created by the removed plugs allow air, water and fertilizer to more easily reach the root zone. Core aeration also has the ecologic and environmental benefit of improving soil water intake and decreasing water runoff and puddling.
When is the best time for aeration?
Warm days and cool nights along with adequate rainfall are the ideal conditions for aeration. In Johnson County and surrounding suburbs that means fall is the best time. It is generally best to avoid the hot mid-summer months because stress can occur from moisture evaporation.
When is the best time for overseeding?
Here in the Midwest the optimum time to overseed is in the early fall when the nights begin to cool and the days are still warm. Good seed to soil contact is important for germination, and that's where aerating helps. The aeration holes are the perfect host for the seed. Our technicians at Green Head Turf Systems can select the ideal blend of grass to make your lawn more resistant to disease, drought and insects.
All of these elements are perfect lawn treatment options to make your house the best looking on your block! .
Organic Program
Green Head Turf prides itself in being an environmental steward. As a result we offer a full spectrum of organic programs. Each program is tailored to meet your needs. Give us a call and we can prepare a special program just for you giving you the greenest lawn on the block at an affordable price and allowing you to make sure you are not harming the environment either.
