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Top
Dressing : Adding material to the surface of your
turf to increase its superiority and outward show.
Top dressing
is one of the best ways to rejuvenate turf or dying lawn.
Grass is a very versatile plant, and it lives for a somewhat
respectable amount of time, but it dies like all other
vegetation, mainly due to lack of nutrients in the soil. Top
dressing can help you avoid an unsightly lawn – grass can’t
be simply ripped up and replaced, it has to regrow. Top
dressing also helps to remove low spots.
Top dressing
can counter the effects of soil setting. When gas, water or
electric lines are installed underground, they can form
places where the surrounding soil is prone to settling as it
becomes inundated with water, leaving a dent in the ground.
A lawn top dressing is made by adding a thin layer of sand
or compost to the low spots to bring it level with the rest
of the ground, and placing turf in the bare patch. You can
also take a pile of sand and spread it gently around the
yard. This will re-enrich the surrounding soil, giving the
grass more nutrients.
Top dressing
is helpful in making the yard level – it makes it easier to
maintain. Mowing an uneven lawn is both draining on you and
the mower.
One of the
best ways to create a lawn top dressing is to measure out a
quarter inch of sand and spread it across the grass. You can
go up to a full inch, but no more than that. The top
dressing would do no good if the layer were too thick,
because the top layer of soil would smother the grass
beneath. The decaying grass would create methane fumes,
killing whatever other grass you tried to grow.
The best kind
of soil to use in a Top dressing is lightweight sand, with
as much organic matter as possible. You can use peat, mulch,
or potted flower soil. If you’re making your lawn top
dressing to prepare for winter, the best time to do it is in
late August or early September. This gives your grass enough
time to have the blades protruding above the lawn top
dressing so they have a fresh supply of nutrients to last
through the winter, making your lawn top dressing the most
effective.
Top Dressing Atlanta can enrich and level your
lawn with our professional top dressing equipment and team
of professionals. Call today for a free estimate. 770
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