[Two Bills]

Not familiar with your grasses, but most lawns need Aeration when drainage/compaction is a problem.
With the light soils in TV area, I would not see a need for the service.
De-thatching and/or top dressing could be beneficial.

[petsetc]

Adam's Earth, ADAM'S EARTH...FORMERLY COMPOST COW MANURE . Aeration and dethatch. Book on-line, prices on line.

I've have used him several times for aeration and dethatch and sprinklers - only guy to use.

JMHO

[Two Bills]

Originally Posted by petsetc

Adam's Earth, ADAM'S EARTH...FORMERLY COMPOST COW MANURE . Aeration and dethatch. Book on-line, prices on line.

I've have used him several times for aeration and dethatch and skinklers - only guy to use.

JMHO

My God!
You have skinklers in you lawn.
That is a nightmare to treat!

[DaleDivine]

Originally Posted by eeroger

$190 is Outrageous for a designer lot! I have a large corner lot in a premier neighborhood and pay Adam's Earth a little over $100 for aeration. Massey also uses a machine with very small prongs. Adam's Earth prongs are twice as big. Does a much better job, if aeration is needed.

Definitely call Adams Earth. They're pros.

[DaleDivine]

Originally Posted by midiwiz

then you must be south of 44, the rest is zoysia. So for St augustine here's the history of having this done - don't bother. we did it for 3 years, we also fired Massey afterwards for that and many other reasons. That aside, what benefits St Augustine turf is air, but not plugs or as we call them 'dirt turds' . It does nothing to help and actually can hurt. If your yard is going south, there are several things that work very well that we did to get a deep green tall lawn -

1) grow it 3 - 3.5" thick
2) dethatch lawn every 3-5 years with a tine (not blade) dethatcher (allows turf to breathe )
3) water 30 minutes 3 times per week and 50 in the summer
4) double the cinch bug feeding every spring early. we criss cross until we get rid of 2 large bags also why you want it taller, less for them to damage

That worked for 12 years, had the best lawn on the block also I should mention as you might not recognize that so many lawns have the root stack showing by the curb etc.... I never did once I did this.

Lots of homes north of 44 have St. Augustine...

[rogerk]

Tru Green recommended the same for my lawn. I can't remember the price but $199 so similar. I think it did help my St Augustine lawn.

[jarodrig]

Originally Posted by zendog3

I am not a turf expert but I live on a golf course.The folks who runs the golf courses have turf professionals and they aerate the courses. Maybe different terms need different care.

Given the horrible condition of the majority of golf courses here in TV, I would hardly call those folks “turf professionals” !!!

In fact, I would probably do the opposite of what they do !

Possible exception would be Glenview CC

[valuemkt]

Another vote for Adam

[2GSBK]

Call Adams-Earth, he’s honest, reasonable prices.

[Larchap49]

Originally Posted by Laker14

The Massey guy was here doing his thing and he made a recommendation for having the lawn aerated. A service they, of course, provide. $190, for our corner lot, which doesn't seem outrageous to me for the service, but I'm pretty clueless when it comes to lawn care.
It's a St. Augustine lawn.
I'm curious to hear some opinions from more knowledgable folks. Is this a service that one would expect to need to be done from time to time?

It is beneficial to your lawn

[courtyard]

I used to take my golf shoes with the spikes and walk around my lawn to aerate it.

[OhioBuckeye]

You took the words right out of my mouth!

[kcrazorbackfan]

Originally Posted by thelegges

Give Adam from black Cow a call. He is honest, and will tell you if you need a service done. Have used Adam since 2010. Office staff is great, along with his outside staff

Phone #?

[photo1902]

Originally Posted by kcrazorbackfan

Phone #?

Google is your friend

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