turfing

[64treefrog]

Hi guys, silling question time!

 

Can anyone give me advise on laying turf on sand.

 

I have been laying turf for 30yrs, strip old, rotovate, etc etc,

Just looked at a job, multiple lawns on a large housing site and project manager suggests stripping old lawns off, putting river sand down and levelling it then laying turf onto the sand. He says hes had this done before and its quick and less mess.

I like the idea but am not sure, certainly quick and easy and easy to get levels right. Obviously grass likes sand and will grow fine but the roots will have to get in deeper to find food and drying out could be an issue.

Please comment.

Am I the only fool whos still doing this the hard way?

[swinny]

Used sand a lot for leveling and drainage. Always rotivated first, raked out and used sand for leveling.

[RobArb]

I did my lawn on a thin layer of sand and I've noticed where I put the drainage in goes yellow quicker than where there isn't any. Whether that's got anything to do with the Sand or not I don't know

[64treefrog]

Thanks guys,

seems I am doing it right!

[White Noise]

Why not use rootzone 50% soil 50% sand or you can have a batch made to your preference .

[Big Beech]

we dont use sand, whilts is speads lovely as noted the grass will go yellow quickly as there is, well no nurtients in it.

we use a fine grade sanded double compost from our local green waste merchant. all green wast debris rechurned and churned and churned again and again, its not cheap at £32m3 but its superb and we also use it for our raised beds and vegatable beds we build.

 

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[ratcatcher]

Hi guys, silling question time!

 

Can anyone give me advise on laying turf on sand.

 

just remember, green side up:lol:

[Eddy_t]

Sand as a base will need feeding and irrigating regular, you're better off using either 50/50 mix or 70/30 (70 being sand), or put an inch thick layer of compost on top

 

 

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