Top Dressing Lawn: Mix Up The Perfect Top Dressing Lawn.

Here are a few good tips for your Top Dressing Lawn and how to make the right mixture ,so you can have an easy to maintain lawn for years to come. …You should add a fine layer of top dressing to the surface of your lawn every year , you can make the mixture yourself at home.

Let’s start with the benefits of top dressing your lawn.
•    Adds good organic matter to your soil.
•    Helps even out the lawn by filling in the low areas.
•    Helps maintain moisture to deal with drought times.
•    Helps combat weed infestation.
•    Helps reduce turf diseases.
•    Reduces  thatch buildup
•    Reduces compaction problems in high traffic areas.

Now that you know why to apply top dressing to all lawns, let’s look how to get ready and when to apply.

The best time of year to apply top dressing is in the fall for colder regions and in the spring for the warmer regions. You want to prep your lawn before you put the top dressing down. Here are a few tips to getting your lawn ready.

•   De- Thatch your lawn. Getting rid of the thatch is essential for the new material to get to the soil.
•    U need to do some lawn mowing,close, without stressing the lawn.
•    Remove all grass clippings and debris from the lawn.
•    Core aerate and remove the cores if you have poor soil. You can leave them if you have good soil or after you have done this for a few years.

Now let’s make the top dressing lawn mixture. You may need to adjust your mixture to apply to your type of soil.For most area’s you will use 3 parts loam, 3 parts sand and 1 part peat. Make sure the peat is good quality and not just compost from yard waste as this may have weed seeds in it.
For heavy clay soil, increase the sand and decrease the loam.
For sandy soils just decrease the sand.
Make sure the mixture is fine. Use a sieve with 1/4″ holes to ensure the mixture gets to the existing soil.
Spread evenly with a shovel and rake even while pushing it through the grass to the soil. Make sure no top dressing is left on the top of the grass or it will kill the grass.

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