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?
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.
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.
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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