What You Need to Know About Aeration, Overseeding, and Sodding
Your Furlong, PA lawn has taken a beating this summer with hot days and little rain. Plus, you may have had backyard parties or kids playing soccer on your turfgrass that led to compacted soil.
Fall is the best time to aerate and overseed your lawn. If you’re living in a new home or your yard has more weeds than turf, then you may prefer sod instead of overseeding.
What Is Aeration, Overseeding, and Sodding Grass? You first need to know about each lawn service before going into their benefits. Here is a breakdown of the three fall lawn services that Jamison Lawn Care provides
Then we’ll lay out the sod like carpeting. We recommend you stay off a newly sodded lawn for three weeks and make sure to regularly water it, so turf roots adhere to the soil.
Each fall lawn care service enhances the curb appeal of your Buckingham Township property and promotes soil and turf health.
5 Benefits of Aeration You only need to aerate your lawn once every two years unless you have heavy clay soil, park your cars in your yard, or have a lot of foot traffic. Aeration is similar to a farmer tilling their fields.
Here are five benefits of core aeration:
Read more: The Heat Is On and Your Yard Needs TLC
4 Reasons Why You Need to Overseed Your Lawn Typically, core aeration and overseeding go hand-in-hand as fall lawn services because the soil is ready for seed.
Here are four reasons to overseed your Hatboro yard:
What Are the Advantages of Sod? Sod grass grows in fields. It hardly has any weeds and grows in full sun—so sod doesn’t tolerate shade well. When you order sod for your Jamison lawn, it’ll come to your property cut in rows to put down on bare soil.
You need to regularly water your sod to encourage roots to attach to the soil underneath. Here are four advantages of sod:
If your Jamison lawn looks tired, it’s time to schedule your aeration, overseeding, and sod appointments with Jamison Lawn Care. Call us today at 267-621-4747 or fill out our contact form.
Sources: LoveYourLandscape.org, To Seed or Sod.
Plant of the Month: Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum)
If you want flowing ornamental grasses in your Chalfont, PA landscape, you can’t go wrong with switchgrass, a low-maintenance perennial grass.
This prairie grass stands upright with delicate, feathery flowers that bloom from July through September. Seedheads appear in the fall that attracts various birds.
Switchgrass comes from the Midwest prairies and eastern U.S savannas. It has a high tolerance for growing in different areas.
Switchgrass adds movement, color, and wildlife to your outdoor space.
Switchgrass is a perennial, warm season grass, meaning it’ll die back in the winter. However, the plant’s rhizome (taproot) will stay alive for the next season.
Switchgrass grows between 4’ to 8’ tall. Mulch around your switchgrass plants to regulate soil temperatures, reduce weeds, and keep moisture in the soil.
Four popular switchgrass varieties add color, drama, and movement to your landscape from summer through fall:
If you want to add one of these switchgrass varieties to your Doylestown or Horsham landscape, call us at 267-621-4747 or fill out our contact form.
Jamison Lawn Care serves homeowners and commercial properties in Buckingham and Warwick Townships, including these Pennsylvania towns: Chalfont, Doylestown, Furlong, Hatboro, Horsham, Jamison, Southampton, Warminster, Warrington, and Warwick. Sources: GardeningKnowHow.com, Growing Switchgrass – How to Plant Switchgrass. HighCountryGardens.com, Heavy Metal Blue Switchgrass.
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