Services
1. Seeding with Aeration
Late Winter/Early Spring
Our ultimate goal on your property is to thicken it up and improve the varieties of grass that comprise your lawn. Core aeration gives us a perfect chance to do exactly this.
Since grass seed needs direct contact with the soil, aeration gives us a unique opportunity to strengthen the lawn by allowing a huge number of places to get new seed down. After aeration, we can broadcast new grass seed throughout the thinner areas. The seed falls down into the plug hole, and soaks up the water that settles in with it. Before you know it, new grass plants are growing out of the aeration holes, and spreading to fill in the rest of the surrounding area.
Summary
While we have gone over many of the benefits of aeration here, we wanted to take a minute to summarize.
- Allows air into the root zone to better supply oxygen to the plants.
- Reduces thatch, which then reduces disease and insect problems.
- Reduces compaction, which allows the roots to grow deeper and stronger.
- Allows you to introduce new seed varieties into the lawn to strengthen it for the future.
Core Aeration
If you’ve seen a farmer plow a field, then you’ve seen aeration in action. In short, “aeration” is the act of getting air down into the soil. Farmers figured out many centuries ago that loosening the soil and getting more air down to the root zone would greatly benefit the crops. This simple truth has not changed; farmers still plow the fields every year before planting the crop. Your lawn is not much different than a farmer’s crop. It is a large number of plants growing in a prepared soil base. We don’t plow the grass because we would cause enough damage to need complete reseeding. Instead, we use a core aerator, which has a similar effect with far, far less damage.
2. Thatch Reduction
Late Winter/Early Spring
Between the crown of the grass plant and the soil lies a thatch layer. This is basically the dead and/or dying parts of the plant (not the clippings though). This layer will progressively get thicker and thicker until it no longer allows nutrients and water through to the root zone. It also makes a perfect home for insects and disease-causing fungi. Core aeration will punch holes through the thatch to allow water and nutrients through. It will also help speed up decomposition of this thatch layer by bringing soil microbes to the surface (in the plugs).
Lawns that are core aerated each year do not experience problems with thatch. It’s really that simple.
3. Soil Compaction
Late Spring/Early Summer
Soil that is hard and packed together will not allow roots to grow well, and will cause the plants to suffer. The test tubes on the bottom clearly demonstrate this fact. The one on the far right was tightly compacted. The one to the far left was left looser. You can see much deeper root growth and much healthier leaf growth in the lesser compacted soils. The grass in the heavily compacted tube is struggling simply to survive. Foot traffic, lawn mowers, and anything else that presses down on your grass will gradually increase the soil compaction. Core aeration alleviates this problem. The openings created by the cores allow for nearby soil to loosen up and fill in the holes.
4. Topsoil / Compost
Early Summer/Mid Summer
Benefits of Topdressing
Topdressing helps reduce the accumulation of unwanted material, and creates new pockets for air and water- especially when performed with core aeration. Topdressing quickens the decomposition of thatch buildup and, therefore, reverses its negative effects. In addition to controlling thatch, topdressing helps to level the surface of your lawn, and improve drainage. Continual applications of topdressing will help to lessen problems related to acidic, compacted clays.
Sod Installation
Whether you need sod for a new construction project, a specific area of your existing lawn, or completely starting your lawn over, Premier has the capability to handle all of your sod installation needs.
We specialize in inner-city and suburban sod installation for both residential homes and commercial properties. Our company has taken the time to refine and improve the process of a sod project from start to finish to give you the highest success rate possible.
5. Power Raking and Dethatching
Mid Summer/Late Summer
With Power Raking the machines raking tines are generally set lower so that they dig into the soil to ensure they pull up all the stubborn moss which can resemble a carpet and be up to 3 inches thick.
Core – Aeration
Aeration of your Lawn loosens soil and gets air down to the root zone, which provides many benefits to the grass. Using a core Aerator has a similar effect to farmers plowing their fields without the damage to your Grass that plowing would cause.
6. Fertilizer & Weed Care
Late Summer/Early Fall
Fertilization keeps lawns healthy and promotes that desired green color. The right time and the right amount of fertilization are important factors to keep in mind.
7. Tick / Mosquito
Monthly Add on
Organic Tick Treatments & Natural Tick Repellents Happily, the availability of all-natural, plant-derived insecticides has allowed Premier Lawn Care to create an organic tick-control program that kills ticks safely and effectively, and is friendly to humans and pets.
