“ There is no such thing as bad soil, only bad soil biology ”

We can ensure that Soil Biology is present in soil to help your lawns, shrubs and trees. If they are stressed Soil Biology can greatly assist.

At Ruskins we can ensure the soil is aerated (if compacted), then add the Soil Biology to help your grass/shrubs/trees. Ideally if lawn, mulching mowers are used or mulch is installed as this will feed the Soil Biology (also known as the Soil Food Web) with composting organic matter.

An important part of Soil Biology is Mycorrhizal Fungi that will synbiotically link up with the roots of grass/shrubs/trees and in effect extend their root systems by upto 700 times. Good Soil Biology will help create a stronger, more resilient plant.

For aeration we can use a Vogt deep Soil Probe for deep aeration upto 1 metre or Air Spades for shallower decompaction.

The deep aeration along with the introduction of Soil Biology can relieve dry patch, compaction and waterlogging, by both improving the structure of the soil and improving the soil by adding ameliorants with the air by aerating down to 1 metre.

This is as a minimum three times deeper than other methods and can solve issues left unresolved by shallower methods and those that cannot add soil ameliorants. We can inject media to keep fissures open allowing for continued drainage and aeration.

This enhances root growth through better soil structure. We can inject water storing polymer to enhance water retention. There is minimal disturbance to the sward.

Better Soil Biology, sometimes coupled with aeration with air will relieve hard / compacted lawns. As the Soil Food Web will consume thatch, you should not need to scarify. As there is no such thing as poor soil, only poor Soil Biology, the need the aerate with tines is not needed. A soil with good biology is 50% air. Soil with good structure will drain much better and waterlogging can be resolved by aerating and adding Soil Biology.