Can you make money aerating lawns

RigglePLC: So mowing after overseeding does not hurt? How do you know? Has anyone seen any data from experiments on this idea? Any evidence to back up the idea? Actually, I agree, however, is anybody willing to try it and see? Aerate, overseed, mow half, postpone mowing on the other half?

Such a test sounds like it would be way too difficult for myself, almost an impossible experiment. How would you compare the two treatments? How would you count the number of new seedlings that sprouted? Kawizx It has to affect it, but to what degree is the question. This may include setting up a limited liability company or a corporation. With both of these options, you can remove your personal liability in case you are sued by a customer.

To set up a business entity, you will need to pay a filing fee with the state in which you plan on doing business and complete some paperwork. Purchase the appropriate type of insurance that you will need. Most lawn care businesses should have general liability insurance to protect them from any damage that they inadvertently cause. If you plan on hiring employees, you will also need to buy workers compensation insurance. Purchase the necessary equipment that you will need for your lawn aeration business.

The most important piece of equipment for this business is a core aerator. Lawn aeration is necessary when compacted soil is blocking out water and oxygen from penetrating the lower layers in your lawn. This leads to the grass not getting the nutrients it needs to be healthy. If you live in an area with clay soil, the chance of having too much compaction is greater because of the strong clay bonds underneath your lawn.

On the contrary, if you live in an area with sandy soil your lawn is less likely to have compacted soil that will need to be aerated. Some other signs that you may need to aerate your lawn are weed growth, water pooling, and bare spots. There are many methods you can use to aerate your lawn like DIY doing it yourself or going the professional lawn care route and hiring a lawn care company.

After you do an assessment on the condition of your lawn, figure out what method may work for you. The costs vary, so here are some common costs to aerate your lawn.

After reviewing these costs, you can better figure out what technique will work best for your lawn and your budget! When doing your lawn aeration yourself, you will need to prep your lawn for the process.

This includes watering the lawn to allow the ground to be soft and easily penetrated, marking off the area that needs to be treated, and maybe picking up the yard. Click to expand With that being said how much aeration do you guys do?

In the spring for warm season grasses and fall for cool season grasses? Hoe does that work? Also what are the windows time wise? I know its very short is there a such thing as too early or to late? Location leavenworth, kansas. Exact Rototilling LawnSite Fanatic. Location Zone: 5B. Aeration rates in my area Being stubborn myself and not much of a quiter I will continue. I run a plugr hd and a lawn solutions WB Lets just say the money spent on both those units could buy mowers where you can show up weekly or even bi-weekly.

Faster recovery of capital investment What works for me is the more plugs per square foot technical approach. Plugr flat out pulls a bunch of plugs. Ls still has a tighter pattern than many others. I used the ls WB and he said gee looks like less plugs Told him lawn solutions is the new unit I'm running and the plugs go deeper smoothed it over. As a trade off.

Another example aerated a super tiny lawn in a retirement community with plugr this early spring client said gee golly that is ton of plugs.

She had another big company aerate before said she couldn't tell it had been done.