Top Dressing Soil For Lawns

Use compost topdressing to improve lawns and as a fertilizer application.

Top dressing soil for lawns.

Topdress lawns with a thin layer of soil 3 organic humus compost to renovate and improve an existing residential or commercial lawn or sports field turfgrass. Topdressing is a sand or prepared soil mix applied to the surface of the lawn. We have a new house rolled lawn and i was told the top dressing would smooth out all the holes divots in the lawn and also help the grass. The very fine sand can fill the air pockets in the soil ruining the structure.

The rule for sand or sandy loam soil is. When top dressing lawns do not spread finer textured sand over a coarse textured soil. Most problems occur for those with sandy loam soils when a much finer sand is mixed over a more coarse sandy loam lawn. The term topdressing also is used for the process of applying the material.

Weed seeds don t germinate because the topdressing blocks light. It needs less water because the top dressing retains soil moisture reduces surface evaporation and keeps the roots cool in the heat of summer. The grass grows greener because the soil is fed with well aged organic matter that enhances soil health. With this layer of soil 3 compost we are addressing the problems of thinning or unhealthy sod and or providing the first application of fertilizer for the year.

Topdressing can be used to smooth the surface of the lawn. Top dressing is an application of a thin layer of soil over a turf grass area and is used to smooth and level the surface or to modify the soil condition usually no more than to inch. The price was a hefty 925 00 for doing just the front yard since the side yard and back yard sloped more than 14 degrees preventing their high tech hopper spreader from dispersing the sand.