Love Your Soil®
Starting at
$24.99
- Loosens hard, compacted soil
- Increases root mass and drought tolerance of turfgrass
- Spurs soil microbes to break down trapped soil nutrients
- Rich in humates to help restore soil life, and creates a humus reserve in the soil
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- Spreader Settings
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Jonathan Greens Love Your Soil® assists in breaking up clay and loosens compacted soils, which improves root penetration, grass growth, and root mass. Because hard and compacted soil is often the problem when it comes to growing a great lawn, this product is designed to help release nutrients trapped in the soil for premium grass growth.
Love Your Soil® also helps to stimulate soil microbial life. The bacteria and fungi in the soil break down organic matter converting it to humus. Healthy biologically active soil contains as much as 5% organic humus while lawns that struggle might contain less than 1%.
Feeding a lawn synthetic, chemical fertilizers neglects the microbial life within the soil. In comparison, Love Your Soil® feeds and stimulates microbes to build a humus reserve which imparts nutrient-laden water and disease resistance. Microbial populations are responsible for recycling organic waste which makes the soil more porous allowing air, water, and grassroots to penetrate deeper.
When to Apply:
- The best time to apply is spring, summer, or fall when the soil temperature reaches 65°F or higher.
- Safe to apply when seeding or sodding.
- Spread the product on a dry lawn soon after mowing.
Apply:
- For best results, rake the lawn vigorously prior to application.
- Use a rotary or drop lawn spreader. To select the proper setting see the Spreader Settings section in the accordion below.
- Apply around the perimeter of the lawn to establish a turning area. Then run the spreader back and forth within the area outlined by your first perimeter application. Always allow overlap to avoid gaps in coverage.
- Can be used on vegetable gardens, trees, roses, and shrubs.
Post-Application:
- To avoid staining, sweep any excess granules off of hard surfaces and back onto the lawn.
- Irrigate after application for best results.
- Once watered, wait a day to mow the lawn to give the product time to activate.
Coverage:
- 3.6 lb Bag – 1,000 sq. ft.
- 18 lb Bag – 5,000 sq. ft.
- 54 lb Bag – 15,000 sq. ft.
Fortified With: Fast-acting gypsum, humates, iron, and amino acids
Can Be Used When Seeding: Yes
Apply to Dry or Damp Lawn: Dry
Safe for Children & Pets: Yes
Application Temperature Range: Minimum 55°F
When to Use: Late spring, summer, and early fall
The spreader settings listed are approximate. Spreader condition, rate of walk, and humidity are just some of the variables that can affect the rate of application. Please refer to the product label link on this page, or the back of the bag, for further details along with application rates and precautionary statements. You may need to adjust settings for proper coverage if circumstances described on the label are applicable. In all cases, the user should read and follow label instructions before applying any product, and assumes all responsibility when using this spreader settings tool.
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I’ve used Jonathan Greene’s products – the entire line – for, gosh, when did you first make your products available here in SW Pennsylvania? Yeah! That long! Why? For one – they’re Less Expensive! When s product works – it always costs less! For two, your products Feed the soil! I also compost, mulch the grass back in, and spread compost over my lawn and growing beds. (Note: your products work equally well in growing beds!) I’m always outside and often in my front yard and I’ve lost count of the number of people who roll their windows down and yell, “Why is your grass so dark green and you never have weeds?” I yell back, “Jonathan Greene’s products!” Then invite them to circle, pull in the driveway and talk. First, I make them take off their shoes and socks – the deep softness convinces right then! “What was that name?” “Jonathan Greene’s products.” Then I direct them to the nursery two blocks back up and watch them head back. In 20 minutes, they drive past with Thumbs Up! Before a year is up, we’re up to hugs! Three years ago the water company had to trench 6 feet down from my backyard to the road because their two inch main line blew out. I caught a worker with two buckets taking my Black Loam Soil! We measured the depth of that Black Gold – 18 to 26 inches deep! And SW Pennsylvania is yellow boot pulling Clay! I have him 3 buckets full with “Jonathan Greene’s products” and directions to the nursery. Oh, and if anyone’s missing fishing worms – they’re in my yard! Use Jonathan Greene’s products!
I have been using Love your Soil for about a yr. I use it to resolve compaction issues in my lawn. I was using lawn care contractors but because of COVID I have been working from home more frequently, so I decided to take care of my lawn myself. Here is the scoop. I reseeded some areas of my lawn in late spring and early summer and whenever I see any thin areas that didn’t germinate properly I would first test the ph. If the PH isn’t right I would add Magical Plus for Acidic soil to fix it. Then I would add Love your soil. In almost all cases it resolve the issue. In the fall I will be adding Love your soil before I do a first complete over seeding.
For the past two years I’ve been struggling to build a thick and healthy lawn. In part because my soil was literally rock solid from the compaction of trucks coupled with nutrient lacking dirt. This year (Sept 25th in CT) after aerating, I put down a little topsoil, starter fertilizer, Jonathan Green Ultra Black beauty and Love Your Soil. 5 weeks later I have a dark green, lush, awesome lawn. Couldn’t be happier. Thank you!
I have to admit that I was very skeptical about Love Your Soil and Magi-I-Cal Plus but after using both products for less than one year, I’m a true believer! Like many households in North Carolina, my clay soil was extremely compact and very hard to work with even after amending it with screened compost and peat moss. After using both products my soil appears to be less dense, I don’t have puddles of standing water and my grass is deep green even during extended periods of drought. My lawn might not be picture perfect yet but I finally feel that I’m on the correct path to a much healthier soil and lawn. Thank you for making professional grade products available to home owners.
Went from one of the worst yards in the neighborhood to one of the best. For many years just could not get the grass to thrive and it would typically thin out and die in late summer. Last year (2019) started using Love Your Soil as well as the Mag-I-Cal product (have mostly clay soil). Fast forward to May 2020 and the entire yard is thick, green, and healthy…primarily because the roots are now much deeper. Fired the lawn-care company and now going DIY with the JG lawn care plan.
A great supplement to clay soil…
Used for lawn refurbish. seems good so far. will reapply in the spring to confirm,
Grass is growing good
waiting to see how it works
Amazing at turning my dry concrete hard soil into soft moist soil my lawn loves this stuff !!!
This product is awesome ! Reseeded and spread the love my soil down and within a week all bare spots were thick and full. Going forward, I will be using twice a year!
Product as described. I would recommend this item.
1st treatment already seems to have helped
Great soil product.
Works good with other fertilizers
We have bad hard clay like soil. I’ve used this in conjunction with MagicCal to improve the quality of our soil. Jonathan Green makes a quality product that works particularly well in the Northeast.
It really turned my spring grass a deep green color.
Not sure it made a change in my lawn at all. Didnt really see a change my peat moss did a better job.
This fertilizer is superior to all
Already applied!
this naturally enhances the soil in our lawn here in Florida. We have mostly sand and the nourishment washes out quickly. Each year we treat our lawn soil. This product was easy to use tiny pellets and dispensed very easy and covered our whole lot.
this naturally enhances the soil in our lawn here in Florida. We have mostly sand and the nourishment washes out quickly. Each year we treat our lawn soil. This product was easy to use tiny pellets and dispensed very easy and covered our whole lot.
Great for socal yards with clay soil and poor drainage. Used it with black beauty seed, green-up, and mag-i-cal. Feel this product was the x-factor.
Absolutely helps to improve soils – been using this now for 5 years &
Absolutely notice a more living yard
I have acidic clay soil with a poor turf condition full of spotted spurge! Based on recommendations both of Jonathan Green products in general and that low pH encourages weed growth I decided to give this a try, along with a bag of Love Your Soil. I used a pre-emergent crabgrass product as normal but also set my mower up to the highest possible setting as that supposedly helps suppress weeds. Wow! Not perfect, but SOOOO much better than normal. Still some spurge, signficantly less. So I am going keep it up and see if the progress continues. Now if only I could find a way to easily get rid of all that coarse grass without having to dig it out by hand!
My lawn
I’ve just started using Jonathan Green products, and I’m thrilled with the performance of all of them! I’m sold on the American Lawn Program. Very easy to use, and looking forward to keeping my soil healthy and lawn rich and green!
10/29/18 Applied on a Saturday to a wet lawn, prior to a rainy night. Only the next day I could feel a difference as I walked on the lawn. We have very hard, very impacted, dry soil and I could already feel a light spring to the ground. Monday morning, the grass looks a little greener. We are approaching winter quickly, I plan to reapply in the spring before seeding, and will update in the meantime if anything changes.
Big fan of all Jonathan Green products. Use this product once a year.
Great product, did excellent for my lawn.
Greatest thing for your lawn all season long. Good seller too, sent current version of product unlike some sellers.
Arrived on time but did not alter my soil very much
Fast delivery. Great price
This really helped my lawn
great
Great for loosening clay soil. I have a 2 prong tool to dig up dandilions and needed a lot of pressure to get the whole root. Two weeks after application I tried it and almost fell over-it went into the soil so easily!
This expensive stuff and it’s too soon to tell if it was worth the investment. Next spring I’m going to have my soil analyzed so we’ll see what develops.
This is a great product. We have clay soil. Put down once in Spring and once in Fall. Takes about a year to notice results. What results will you see? A lot of worm activity.
Seems to help lawn green up and extend effectiveness of fertilizer.
I ordered 15,000 sq ft to make sure my 10000 sq ft back yard would be covered. Bag arrived 3/4s full but weight appeared to be correct. Triple checked and made sure of settings on my Scotts spreader were correct. Did not have enough to finish. Go Figure. Thought I did. OH .1 week later and I see no difference in my clay soil. To expensive for this.
Use this product every year. It works in concert with the other Jonathan Green Fertilizers and gives a non-chemical boost to my lawn. My Landscaper commented on how poorly my lawn did over the winter; added some Love your soil, Magical; and Fertilizer and it came back to life. We live in an area with thick clay soil and this product seems to help. Recommend!
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