Valid at participating TruGreen locations. Lawns less than 5,000 square feet may qualify for a first application only price of $29.95. For lawns less than 5,000 square feet or for the regular lawn application price for a lawn of any size, please call for estimate. Special price of 50% off is for first application only, for new residential EasyPay or PrePay customers only, and applies to lawns more than 5,000 square feet. **Special price of 50% off is for first Lawn application★, Tree & Shrub application✢, and/or Mosquito application★★ only. Aerating your soil improves water filtration, increases air exchange, reduces compaction, intensifies overseeding establishment and boosts root growth. Aeration. Typically performed by an expert, soil aeration perforates your yard with tiny holes to allow water, air and nutrients to easily reach your lawn’s roots.For instance, a heavy soil with too much clay might be top-dressed with some sand and silt. Top-dressing. This is when you use a shovel to lightly toss ¼ to ½ of an inch of a desired element evenly across problem areas of your lawn.The two most popular lawn care tips for improving home soil texture are top-dressing and aeration. Although this is something that’s frequently done in higher-value turf grasses, such as golf courses and athletic fields, even then it’s mostly done prior to turf establishment or as part of an extensive, ongoing lawn maintenance plan. The bad news is that it’s often impractical to change the soil texture for home lawns after the turf is already established. What’s the Best Soil Texture for Home Lawns? And though they do increase root growth, light soils also dry out quickly. Unfortunately, their high sand content leaves these soils with low fertility rates and an inability to hold many, if any, nutrients for long. They also typically don’t need aeration to relieve compaction. Light soils. Light soils have too much sand, but they breathe and drain well and are easily remoisturized after periods without rain.Unfortunately, this also makes them difficult to remoisturize after dry spells, making them poor drainage systems that require more frequent aeration than other soils. Heavy soils. Heavy soils have too much clay, but they hold moisture and nutrients in the soil, making them very fertile.So what’s the difference in terms of lawn maintenance and growing a lush lawn you can enjoy? Sand is easily observed because it’s the largest particle in soil, whereas clay is the smallest particle and silt is in between.ĭepending on the abundance and size of clay, silt and sand in your lawn, your soil texture can be described in many ways: heavy (clay), light (sandy), loamy (balanced), poor, good, fine, course, etc. Although experts use a hydrometer to definitively determine soil texture, you should be able to get a good idea just by feel and sight.

Dirt and grass texture