Soil basics to help you and your lawn get the most out of your soil. It goes without saying that a ‘good’ soil is half the battle but most times you are just going to have to make do with what you’ve got.
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Soil & Lawn Top Dressing
Soil in general consists of a mineral content of sand, silt and clay and an organic content. Lawn top dressing needs to have these in the right proportions
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Soil & Lawn Top Dressing
Grass likes a pH between 5.5 and 7. Slightly acidic is preferred by fine lawn grasses (bents and fescues) whilst rye and meadow grass like a more neutral pH
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Soil & Lawn Top Dressing
This is the process of adding material to the surface of the lawn grass; usually loam or sandy loam mixes, sand or organic material
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Soil & Lawn Top Dressing
For most lawns what you want and need is a sandy loam or a loam top soil mixture. This means the top dressing has all the components of a good soil
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Soil & Lawn Top Dressing
Start by mowing the grass on the short side on a dry day. Next, portion your top dressing mix into a number of small piles placed evenly around the lawn