What it does

Lime “sweetens” your soil. In areas where the soil is naturally “sour” or acid, lime is essential to growing healthy turf. Lime improves lawn color, and density by increasing available nutrients bound up in the soil. It helps to manage thatch by increasing microbial activity and increases root development and overall turf density. Our lime treatment service will help keep the chemistry of your soil in balance so that you can enjoy a thicker, green and healthier lawn. Spring and fall maintenance visits are necessary for acid soils. Corrective treatments will increase pH levels rapidly for extremely low pH levels.

Lime will help decrease thatch, improve root development and release locked nutrients in your soil

When your soil pH is too low or acid, it needs lime to bring it back into balance. Soil that is too acidic causes “fertilizer lock-up.” Meaning that fertilizer and essential micronutrients are unavailable to grass plants.

From the result of this lockup, grass becomes thin and yellow, thatch can build up faster, and root growth decreases.

A lawn that is in this condition is unthrifty” because even when properly fertilized, it can’t utilize many of the applied nutrients to become thick and green as it could. Since we live in Maine (The pine tree state) soils are typically acidic. We can help improve your sols nutrient availability by increasing the pH levels. We suggest annual liming for acid soils. It helps everything we do work even better. That’s what makes lime such a great lawn value for you.