Compacted and clay soils cause unhealthy plants, lawns, and trees. They stay soggy when wet, and turn rock hard when they dry out in the summer. When soils are “tight”, necessary air, water and nutrients can not move through the soil. Disease occurs. Roots are stunted. Beneficial micro-organisms can’t survive. Plants are stressed and weakened. When you are doing everything else right, soil compaction will ruin all your efforts. You need a liquid soil aerator.
AERIFY! liquid soil aeration is a soil penetrant that breaks apart tightly bonded clay particles. This creates “space” in the soil, allowing roots, water and oxygen to permeate and aid in the aeration of lawns. Once you get oxygen into a clay soil, beneficial microbes will be able to survive and turn organic matter into all-important humus. When you have humus, you’ll have much better soil quality and structure. Aerify! liquid soil aerator relieves compaction, helps create humus, and brings about the aerated, living soil that all gardeners love to have.
If your organic fertilizers, composts, teas, humates, enzymes and other soil improvement products are not working as well as you think they should, it is probably because these products require a minimal amount of soil aeration in order to do their job. Get some AERIFY! in the soil and see the difference it makes. If your soil is lacking in organic matter use Aerify PLUS instead.
Mechanical Aeration vs. Liquid Aeraton for Lawns
- Aerating machines only penetrate up to 2-3 inches into the root zone and much less on bumpy or thatchy lawns. This is where the soil is already pretty good on a lot of lawns. You want to get into the tougher, more clay-like soil to encourage rooting and improve drainage. Aerify! will penetrate 3-8 inches, well beyond the existing root zone. Additional applications will penetrate even deeper.
- Aerating machines expose weed seeds to light and encourage weeds to germinate.
- If you do not have a thick lawn, then removing plugs of grass and roots with a machine will result in thinning out the lawn.
- Aerating machines do not structurally change the soil, they only temporarily change your lawn by poking holes every six inches. Aerify! covers 100% of the lawn and it actually breaks up the bonds that hold clay particles together.
- Aerating machines can harm tree roots, sprinklers, and hidden pipes or wires under the lawn. Aerify! is completely safe to use over all lawn areas. And because it penetrates deeper, it will help trees too.
- Aerating machines are only used in the spring and fall when conditions are just right. Aerify! can be used any time of the year.
- Aerating machines leave messy plugs on top of the lawn. Aerify! leaves no mess at all.
- Aerating machines are heavy and can be hard for the homeowner to use. Aerify! can be applied easily with a hose-end sprayer.
- Renting aerating machines or hiring a service to core aerate your lawn can be expensive. Aerify! is economically priced and most homeowners will get multiple uses from just one bottle.