Sand Question

Scott C – posted 01 June 2005 15:02

Greetings all, I came across this site as a result of a Google search. Maybe someone can help me out a little. If so….thank you in advance.

First off my lawn is on Long Island NY (North Shore) It came with the home I recently purchased. Little if any care had been given to it, other than mowing. I have no clue what type of lawn it is. Its lumpy, bumpy and patchy in some places as well as un-level in others. I am not worried about leveling large areas as the yard is naturally hilly. I removed an above ground pool and now have a 27 foot circle and a decent amount of sand and a layer of some other scaley,flakey material over it (I am guessing to reduce footprints under the liner). I want to use the sand to fill in the lumps and bumps around my yard and then seed to create a more uniform lawn. Can anyone help with the proper steps to take in order to do this correctly ? And does anyone know what that flakey material might be under the pool, and will it be ok to mix it all in ? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Scott

Scott C – posted 07 June 2005 11:37

*bump*

Any help on this question would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks !

Turfmiester – posted 07 June 2005 16:25

You can put the sand in the low spots and either sweep it in with a broom or you can drag it in with a piece of carpet behind your riding mower. The artifical product sounds like silica, or isolite, neither will hurt your grass.

Scott C – posted 08 June 2005 06:18

Thanks Turfmiester, After it is all spread out should I seed right away or wait till the sand settles after a good rain or 2 ?

Thanks again for your advise.

Scott

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Turfmiester – posted 08 June 2005 18:57

You can seed right after you drag it in and then water daily until seeds germinate and then deeply and infrequently.

Scott C – posted 09 June 2005 06:16

Great, Thank you again for your help.

Scott

Turfmiester – posted 09 June 2005 14:18

If you can post a picture of your lawn. I would like to see the progress you have.

Scott C – posted 09 June 2005 14:28

HA !

I have a 6-8 inch circle of sand 27 ft round and lumpy “lawn” thick with thatch. Its a small yard. I guess the previous owner decided a big pool in a small yard is better than mowing the lawn. And what lawn is there was poorly maintained. Its a horror show. I am going to thatch and then spread the sand around the yard and see how it comes out. I may have to just till the whole thing

Its been blazing hot here so I have been putting it off a week or so. I dont have a working digital camera at the moment. Picture the worst.

Turfmiester – posted 10 June 2005 14:11

I would wait until cool weather then overseed and see how it is in the spring. The growing season is going to be over before long.

Scott C – posted 13 June 2005 09:08

Thanks, I really appreciate your advise. As you can probably tell this is my first lawn.