Browse Forums Landscape & Garden Design 1 Feb 11, 2009 1:42 pm just bought our first house and we have around 150m2 of yard that we want to turf, trouble is our soil is sandy. whats the best option on seed as turf is a bit to pricey?
also i would prefer not to have to add topsoil if i dont need to Re: good lawn with sandy soil 2Feb 11, 2009 2:08 pm Not enough info m6sports.
Where are you, state, area??? I am afraid that to be successful you need soil preparation, you just cannot seed or plant your grass in pure sand and another thing one sand is not another sand, it can be quartz based or calcium based like in some suburbs on the coastal dunes around Perth. Do your gardening homework... yes if you are thinking turf you will have to have some gardening knowledge. Good luck. Maggie Re: good lawn with sandy soil 4Feb 11, 2009 2:57 pm m6sports sorry for the lack of info we live in Umina on the central coast of NSW as for the soil its not all sand more like 60% sand 40%soil any experience or advice would be great It's still best to use a good top soil or there's no real point trying to grow anything!! Fu Manchu should be able to steer you in the right direction. Stevep79 & Principessa Finished building Wisdom Homes Impression 33mkII in The Ponds, Sydney http://lilypadintheponds.blogspot.com Re: good lawn with sandy soil 5Feb 11, 2009 3:04 pm stevep79 It's still best to use a good top soil or there's no real point trying to grow anything!! Fu Manchu should be able to steer you in the right direction. how much topsoil would you recommend getting ive been told 1cm by some and 5cm by others Re: good lawn with sandy soil 6Feb 11, 2009 3:07 pm m6sports stevep79 It's still best to use a good top soil or there's no real point trying to grow anything!! Fu Manchu should be able to steer you in the right direction. how much topsoil would you recommend getting ive been told 1cm by some and 5cm by others To be honest mate, I just know to use it. Don't know the quantity though Search the forum for "turf" or "lawn" and look for Fu Manchu's posts. I think he's been through the whole "how to make the perfect lawn" thing a million times but I can't think of the threads right now. Stevep79 & Principessa Finished building Wisdom Homes Impression 33mkII in The Ponds, Sydney http://lilypadintheponds.blogspot.com Re: good lawn with sandy soil 7Feb 11, 2009 10:39 pm using 1cm or 5cm is WOFTAM. may as well spend the money on some beer.
The roots of the grass will be way deeper than 5cm. Check some of my posts on WA gardening links. In fact the WA info is going to be your best friend because we specialise in sandy soil gardening. We also led the way for waterwise gardening info. In a sandy soil, like it or not getting a certified organic soil is an absolute must. If you don't you will be weeing your money up against a wall for ever more. sandy soils don't hold moisture and they readily leach nutrients away from the roots. that means increased water costs and not being "fertiliserwise". A certified organic soil mixed through the sand to a depth of at least 300mm is a minimum. I do 500mm and sometimes more. What does this cost? well I pay around $130m3 but I use less of that than I would of a garbage bulk soil from landscape supplier at $60-70m3. Then you will get great success with your new Empire Zoysia lawn Re: good lawn with sandy soil 8Feb 11, 2009 10:43 pm this is a must for info from all the links posted on the page
http://www.watercorporation.com.au/W/wa ... -1558-4831 I'd suggest that other readers of this thread have a squizz too because there's lots of excellent info there from one of the best in Horticulture Re: good lawn with sandy soil 9Feb 12, 2009 10:06 am Fu Manchu using 1cm or 5cm is WOFTAM. may as well spend the money on some beer. thanks for the advice its best to do it right the first time i will get " a certified organic soil and mix it through the sand to a depth of at least 300mm is a minimum" as you said thanks again the leaves that are now underground go yellow, the tips that poke through photosynthesise and have chlorophyll, same reason they grow rhubarb in the dark. 5 4858 I am not sure whether Perth has its own way of doing things in regards to this. Most of Perth has class A (sandy soil), except for some areas near rivers or hills. 2 13091 We were lucky in that our old house was so small (86 square metres) compared to the new house, they were able to take enough readings around the old backyard house before… 8 37139 |