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Homeowner Forum / Lawn and Garden / July 2009Soil on Lawn
I see a lot of people around my neighborhood putting what appears to be some sort of soil or compost on the problem spots on their lawn. What are they putting on their lawn and what is the purpose of this? Is this some sort of lawn care cure-all or are there specific situations in which this is a good thing to do? By the way, I have a St. Augustine lawn, as do most people in my neighborhood. Thanks, Dave >I see a lot of people around my neighborhood putting what appears to > be some sort of soil or compost on the problem spots on their lawn. [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > Thanks, > Dave It is getting a late to do any top dressing now, it is best done in the dormant season, Nov-Mar. A good grade of compost is the best material. If you request "top soil", you will probably get the soil from some field and it will contain a lot of weed seeds. The compost should be spread about one half inch and raked in, I use the back of a hard rake. A cu yard of compost at 1/2 inch thick should cover a bit more than 600 square feet of grass. It is good exercise which is also better suited to the cooler parts of the year. The compost will help reduce the watering requirements and, encourage thicker, greener growth. If you have bare or thin spots now, spot treatment with compost should help those areas fill in. When you spread compost water it in as soon as you can. It contains a lot of good stuff that is better watered in than evaporating. Cliff > >I see a lot of people around my neighborhood putting what appears to > > be some sort of soil or compost on the problem spots on their lawn. [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > > Cliff Cliff, Thanks for the helpful reply. Is this something you normally spread over your entire lawn? And how often, once a year? I would assume that if it comes in cubic yards that this is something that is probably delivered to your house. Can you make any recommendations on good places to get that much compost? Thanks, Dave >> >I see a lot of people around my neighborhood putting what appears to >> > be some sort of soil or compost on the problem spots on their lawn. [quoted text clipped - 41 lines] > Thanks, > Dave It is part of the annual ritual that I go through. I am in San Antonio and so go to the nearest Gardenville and get mine a yard at a time in the back of my truck. That way I don't have a pile setting in the drive, and a yard or two at a time is all I want to do at one sitting. I use the local bio solid product which is called alamo gro but in Austin is named Dillo Dirt I think. Any of your good organic nursery's should be able to give you advice on which product is recommended in your area. Cliff > >> "headware" <david.k.l...@gmail.com> wrote in message > [quoted text clipped - 55 lines] > > Cliff Very good, thank you Cliff! > > "headware" <david.k.l...@gmail.com> wrote in message news:e02c872e-22eb-482a-8ea4-f1a2b491f86a@y21g2000hsf.googlegroups.com... > > >> "headware" <david.k.l...@gmail.com> wrote in message > > [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > >> It is getting a late to do any top dressing now, it is best done in the > > >> dormant season, Nov-Mar. A good grade of compost is the best material. I would assume that > > > if it comes in cubic yards that this is something that is probably > > > delivered to your house. Can you make any recommendations on good [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > Very good, thank you Cliff! http://www.naturalgardeneraustin.com/ http://www.naturalgardeneraustin.com/bulk_soils_compost_andmore/index.html like to know more malcolm smith >I see a lot of people around my neighborhood putting what appears to > be some sort of soil or compost on the problem spots on their lawn. [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > Thanks, > Dave > like to know more > malcolm smith [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] >> Thanks, >> Dave On a related note, last fall my wife and I were dumping the soil out of a few pots from which the deer the (supposedly deer resistant) plants. The soil was made-up mostly of potting soil with a little added sand. We dumped it (only about 10 gallons worth) on a couple of low spots in our yard and raked in. Note: We have St. Augustine and our yard is full sun -- we live on top of a ridge in west Austin with complete exposure to all of the elements -- rain, sun, wind, heat, cold, etc. When winter came, the grass turned brown as usual...except for the places where there was a little potting soil...the grass in those areas stayed green, green all winter long. Now if I could just afford to cover my entire yard with potting soil! hope you answer this Email Many Thanks From Malcolm > like to know more > malcolm smith [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] >> Thanks, >> Dave |
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