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#225406 Jul 31st, 2008 at 12:44 PM
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I live in a sandy soil area in England, so drainage is not a problem, I would love to see a very green grass lawn, mine tends to go yellowish, so apart from constant watering has anyone any ideas of what I can do?


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glenda #225544 Aug 1st, 2008 at 04:10 AM
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Yup, fertilize in spring and fall.


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Thaks Tamara, I aleady do this, but this sandy soil soon loses its nutrients. Any other ideas?


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glenda #225783 Aug 2nd, 2008 at 04:05 PM
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glenda, do you compost? a top-dressing of compost would benefit the soil as well as help the lawn maintain some of the moisture and stay green longer.

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Hi Jiffy, I tried top dressing in the spring, but the lawn looks no different.


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Hi, Glenda,

The only thing I know of is that you need to amend the soil with a good topsoil. You could put down 2 inches and work that into the ground real well and then add another 1 to 2 inches. Or you could just put down 3 to 4 inches of just a good topsoil. If you go this route, be careful of the kind of topsoil you get. They are not all created equal. If you get one with too much clay in it the result will resemble concrete. rspb

The composting is great, too, but the sandy soil won't retain moisture or nutrients from it for very long. They get washed away. Sand is like a gazillion teeny tiny rocks and water just runs through it for the most part. If you find a decent inexpensive topsoil, adding the compost to it would be a great way to enhance the soil.

Good luck whatever you try.... :wink:


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Thanks Kalar, topsoil it what I will try next.


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glenda #227007 Aug 9th, 2008 at 09:29 AM
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a suggestion is that you may be cutting it to short when you cut it. For nice green lawns you need to leave it alittle longer and cut more often.

Also if you have any dogs or cats in the area that may be using your lawn that can cause a lot of brown.

3 components of a good soil are clay, silt and organic matter. It sounds like you have alot of soil ammending in your future.


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I shall not give the grass, such a short cut, I have to admit I do keep it very short in Summer.


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I hope that is the fix you need to have a beautiful lawn. Even if it does mean more work.


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Hi Glenda,

As the sandy soil does not hold nutrition well, first make sure using slow release feeding (osmocote has few good ones) so the feed is continuing. as it says here before spring and Autumn is the time for that- your lawn must be white now with all this snow there.





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