Can Grass Survive 8+ inches of Sand Leveling? - Fixing a Lawn Low Spot
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- Опубликовано: 19 июл 2023
- Man, time flies like an arrow! (And fruit flies like a banana). When I said it had been two years ago that I did that 4-5 inch sand leveling the first time, it was actually last year! And then add on top of that the sand we did after this grass was new sod 2 years ago…. It’s a lot of sand. It was a muddy mess when I started and now it drains just as well as the rest of my yard!
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Wish I could rent a sand spreader like that 😊
I got to spread some sand in some low spots in my bermuda grass recently. My neighbor had some sand left over from spreading it on low spots in his yard and he asked me if I wanted it 😂. He was up unloading the sand on a tarp in the back of his truck in 10 minutes.
I have good neighbors
Great video.. great advice on the direction of flow.
Thank you for the information!
I could imagine his wife checking the bank account. How have you spent $10,000 on sand last month?
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Come to Middle Tennessee, lets do mine lol
Very nice! I am in NE Arkansas and installed 1600 yards of Tahoma 31 last September but it’s pretty unlevel. When would be the best time to start a sand leveling project? Is it too late this year?
looks amazing, man i could really use one of those sanders. Do you know who rents them?
I like the rap music, it makes lawncare seem cool
Good ankle flexibility. Full squat.
Will you try the same if there is not irrigation? Or how will you do it if you didn’t have irrigation?
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What brand is that safety green shirt you are wearing? I print, wondering for a customer.
What is the cost and how much sand?
Where are you getting your sand in NWA?
Would that much sand interfere with fertilizer applications?
Yes. Sand is what glass is made from. Let that percolate for a bit. Sand offers ZERO nutritional value for the soil and grass. Get real rich mix top soil with compost. Avoid MY mistake by using sand.
Should I be afraid if I have KBG? Probably.
What kind of sand is used? And how much do I out down at once?
Sand offers ZERO nutrients to the yard. Think about using sand. It's basically glass. I tried it once. Never again. Rich mix top soil with compost all the way. Trying to save you the half dead yard I got with sand. BTW I have hard pan clay soil.
How well does tall fescue handle a heavy sand coating
@@marvinjackson2641 probably not well at all
so grass will grow in sand? I am in South Carolina with a clay field that grows weeds. I cut them however due to ditches and some runoff its ruff riding on my zero turn. was thinking have to bring some dirt it (top soil) to help when I grow grass and level it but maybe cheaper to just get some sand? no trees out in the sun so was thinking tossing some bahia grass seed out this spring. I been successful in the back yard with rye in the fall.
Topsoil breaks down over time, sand actually helps level the lawn.
@@wtjarrard I got sand and topsoil mix. Seems to have helped.
@@wtjarrard Top soil does not break down guy. Top soil is DIRT. Now if top soil is MIXED with say compost, YES, the compost will over time, break down. While doing that, it will GREATLY benefit the turf.
@@magdumpmonday !0% sand and the rest rich mix top soil is great. 100% sand is a grass death sentence.
@@rickjames6948 top soil also organic material; it’s not 100% dirt guy. It will help, but whatever percentage is organic will eventually break down and leave you with another leveling job. There’s a reason every warm season turf expert (and golf courses) uses a majority sand mix when leveling
What would I search for a service that would make my lawn like this
Go ask your local golf course keepers
So when you add several inches or even 8inches and the grass grows up through it, does the crown of the plant regrow up towards the sky or does it stay inches below and then you just have 8" long grass blades that only stick out of the sand by 1/2"?
@@AdmiralTwitchy it seems the other way is impossible, but I'm no grass scientist.
If you COVER the grass, it will DIE. It will get NO SUN. Think about it. Sand is what glass is made from. Let that percolate for a bit. Sand offers ZERO nutritional value for the soil and grass. Get real rich mix top soil with compost. Avoid MY mistake by using sand. Don't use sand. It choked off my grass and killed it. Nothing but large bare sand spots.
Also why not use top soil?
I'm new lol
Sand is what glass is made from. Let that percolate for a bit. Sand offers ZERO nutritional value for the soil and grass. Get real rich mix top soil with compost. Avoid MY mistake by using sand. Don't use sand. It choked off my grass and killed it. Nothing but large bare sand spots.
8 plus inches, not in my yard. I did heavy leveling like you did. All the sand did was snuff out (kill) the grass below. And sand has ZERO nutrients to it. Reason people and golf courses use it IN MY AREA, is that it is CHEAPER than quality rich mix top soil with compost. Never again use sand.
Mix won’t work, what type of sand did you use and how much did you use ?
Too bad you can't do this with bluegrass
Not true, you can absolutely use sand on a KBG lawn!
@@robertpoole329 you can sand level with a KBG lawn in smaller quantities, but if it's 8 inches thick the grass will die
@@steffen707- agreed, i don’t think any type of grass would survive 8 inches of sand or soil dumped on top of it at once…the only way to accomplish that, would be to do it incrementally over time, giving the grass a chance to establish before adding more.
@@steffen707- This is what happened at my house. I bought into the sand deal ONCE. Sand is what glass is made from. Let that percolate for a bit. Sand offers ZERO nutritional value for the soil and grass. Get real rich mix top soil with compost. Avoid MY mistake by using sand. Don't use sand. It choked off my grass and killed it. Nothing but large bare sand spots.
@@steffen707- Yes it will die if all you see is sand like at MY HOUSE. It killed off half of my lawn. I will NEVER use sane again. If all you see is sand when leveling, there is no SUN to reach the grass. It will DIE OFF. Then the surrounding grass will have to spread in to fill it up. For get sand people.
Oh come on! At this point I think you only put down sand out of spit! Put down some organic matter for us who wanna see the process for something other than sand!
Sand is what glass is made from. Let that percolate for a bit. Sand offers ZERO nutritional value for the soil and grass. Get real rich mix top soil with compost. Avoid MY mistake by using sand. Don't use sand. It choked off my grass and killed it. Nothing but large bare sand spots.