Soil Enrichment: The Key to a Beautiful Lawn
Welcome to Hobbs & Hopkins Ltd. ProTime! If you don't find what you're looking for, feel free to give us a call.Remember to treat your lawn as you would your vegetable garden, with yearly soil enrichment from organic fertilizers and soil modifiers made possible through core-aeration.
The most important key to a beautiful, healthy green lawn lies hidden just below the surface. Often ignored and abused, the soil itself plays an important role in the success or failure of the lawn it supports. A fertile, live soil will take the frustration out of maintaining a great lawn and will decrease the amount of time you put into it.
Problems:
- SOIL COMPACTION is a major problem with lawns Northwest lawns today. Compacted soil prevents water and fertilizer from reaching the root zone and results in moss or weed invasion and a weak lawn with a general poor appearance… the usual regimen of more water, more fertilizer and more herbicide will NOT solve the problem.
- DEAD SOIL is another major problem with lawns. Improper lawn care practices such as cutting lawns too short and never leaving the clippings have contributed to dead soil which is devoid of humus and micro-biotic activity. Try growing your vegetable garden under those conditions! Bring the dead soil back to life and your rewards will be lower maintenance and an attractive green lawn that enhances the environment.
Solutions:
- CORE-AERATE: Core-aeration is to lawns what rototilling is to vegetable gardens. It is the only method to effectively improve your lawn’s soil without destroying the grass. Holes, created by core-aeration, provide easy access to the root zone and make the soil more “lawn friendly”.
- BACKFILL: Fill the holes left from core-aerating with organic fertilizer, lime and Turface Soil Modifier. The organic fertilizer will provide long-term nutrition for the lawn, as well as stimulate the growth of micro-organisms necessary for healthy plant growth. Nutrients remain in the root zone longer when the soil contains organic matter.
The most important step following core-aeration is to top-dress the lawn with Turface Soil Modifier. Turface is a soil amendment made from porous ceramic that creates permanent pore space in the soil. It won’t compact and within these new spaces, roots grow, air, water and nutrients are stored, and microbes develop.
These two steps will put life back into your soil, allowing your lawn to thrive and look beautiful without the usual frustrations.