Compacted soil is a major contributor to poor root development in many Florida lawns – and poor root development prevents a healthy growth of thick, dark green grass. Soil compaction is a natural process caused by many factors including normal traffic use from pets, kids, lawn equipment and many other typical uses. Another major factor is the standard Florida builder practice of installing sod over a heavy, dense clay soil base.
Our technicians will carefully inspect your lawn for shading, soil type, tree and plant root systems, locate irrigation heads and pipes. And any other issues affecting your lawn’s soil compaction After the inspection the technician will aerate your property by going over the entire lawn with a commercial machine used to penetrate the soil surface and remove thousands of small cylindrical slugs of soil that are then deposited on the surface of the lawn. These slugs of removed soil open pathways to the root system and the small soil slugs deposited on the surface will breakdown over the next couple of weeks and re-enter the lawn’s ecosystem.