Sprouts Seeding LLC

When you choose to aerate and decompact your soils you are giving your turf root system a literal breath of fresh air.
In the south, most of us would think that aeration isn’t needed as it would seem our soils are constantly wet and more times then we like, mushy.

So how could your soil possibly be compacted, right?? Hard rains compacts soils. Think about a bunch of tiny hammers pounding the soil. Sure, the immediate top looks mushy and muddy. But as it rains and then dries, natural compaction will occur in the soil. Think about the amount of rain we have had this year. And if you have clay soils, it is an amplified compaction with heavy, frequent rains due to the way clay soils handle moisture.

Here is an irrigated zoysia lawn we recently aerated. It is a beautiful lawn. But as you watch the video, pay attention to how hard the plugs are to break up. That is what your roots are trying to push through to get deeper. Zoysia is a deep rooted turf and needs mechanical aeration in order to allow this turf to achieve it’s best potential and sustain against diseases, insects and fungus.

*(Plugs are 3”-4” depth achieved by hydraulic force)