What is Lime?
Lime is a soil additive made from pulverized limestone rock. Limestone contains calcium carbonate and magnesium carbonate. Together, these products make soils less acidic by increasing the pH balance and improving your lawn’s access to nutrients it requires.
Signs Your Yard Needs Lime
Do you notice excess moss and weeds in your lawn? Is your grass looking lack-luster? Mosses and weeds love acidic soils and will quickly move in, overcrowding your grass and robbing your turf of the nutrients it needs. When soil acidity is too high you’ll also notice that fertilizers will have lesser effect on your grass. Call Seasonal Lawncare today for a soil test to be sent to the lab to verify the pH.
What Causes Acidic Soil?
- Organic matter (like grass clippings and leaves) breaking down
- Excessive watering or rain can wash out nutrients
Benefits Of Adding Lime
Adding lime to your soil is a great way to reduce the acidity levels and get your grass thriving again. Knowing how and when to apply lime is crucial to the success of your lawn.
The Benefits Of Lime Include:
- Managing moss problems: moss thrives in highly acidic soil.
- Controlling weeds: weeds also do well in acidic soil.
- Greener grass: lime contains calcium which helps promote your lawn’s color and strength.
- Enhance Fertilizer Performance: lime promotes the health of good microbes in the soil which helps break down fertilizers so your grass can have better access to nutrients.
CALL THE PROFESSIONALS AT SEASONAL LAWNCARE
At Seasonal Lawncare we have over 40 years of lawn care experience. Our experts can test your soil to get a proper reading of the pH levels. From there, we can create the best lime application treatment plan for your lawn in order to bring your soil’s acidity levels back to the proper range and encourage optimal growth.
Call the experts at Seasonal Lawncare today!