Soil testing can pave the way to making your dream a reality.

Servicing the Central Iowa communities of Ankeny, Granger, Grimes, and Johnston.

When you choose Stretch Property Maintenance to service your lawn care needs, we work with you to find effective ways to improve your turf’s health. There are a variety of different causes for brown or thin areas in a lawn. The primary causes are the lack of the correct nutrients in the soil, lawn diseases, and insect infestation. When we see suspicious brown grass and/or patches of thin grass, we don’t immediately apply fertilizer to add nutrients to the soil. Instead, we usually add on our soil analysis service before we take any action. This simple and cost-effective test will produce a detailed report on what your turf needs to be healthy, down to the soil pH levels and the specific amounts of each nutrient present in the soil.

Trying to determine which formulation to use for your fertilizer application without running a soil analysis can easily result in too much or too little being applied to your lawn. Our tests accurately assess your soil's pH as well as the levels of elements like phosphorous, potassium, magnesium, calcium, manganese, and iron. Once we know what your lawn is lacking in order to be its healthiest, we can craft an individualized lawn care plan for your grass. Without this crucial information, a fertilization treatment might not be as helpful to your lawn as you might hope.