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Best sand/dirt for leveling lawn
Posted on 6/25/20 at 12:14 pm
Posted on 6/25/20 at 12:14 pm
My lawn has several spots that need to be leveled. I plan to re-sod the sections where I level off. What is the best material to use? River sand, Mason sand, Golf Course sand, etc?
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Posted on 6/25/20 at 12:18 pm to SippyCup
Mason
Posted on 6/25/20 at 12:40 pm to SippyCup
I mixed 50/50 sand and top soil. Worked out great for my St. Aug
Posted on 6/25/20 at 1:16 pm to Azazello
Just throw some stuff down and don't overthink it. BUT I wouldn't use river sand because it has a higher likelihood of having torpedo grass and other weeds.
Generally speaking the rule of thumb for leveling though is finer grit sand is better because it will not decompose and shrink over time.
FWIW if you have grass in the low spots, you can simply add a small amount of sand a couple of times a year and slowly level it.
Generally speaking the rule of thumb for leveling though is finer grit sand is better because it will not decompose and shrink over time.
FWIW if you have grass in the low spots, you can simply add a small amount of sand a couple of times a year and slowly level it.
Posted on 6/25/20 at 2:58 pm to Azazello
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I mixed 50/50 sand and top soil. Worked out great for my St. Aug
This is the best option. Mason or sharp sand by itself being the next best.
Posted on 6/26/20 at 2:07 am to SippyCup
Mixture of soil and play sand.
Posted on 6/26/20 at 8:00 am to baldona
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BUT I wouldn't use river sand because it has a higher likelihood of having torpedo grass and other weeds
This - if you live in south-central southeast LA. More than a few posters on this board have stated they have now have torpedograss in their lawns having used river silt/sand to level low spots yards. I wouldn’t take that chance.
Mason sand. You can add up to 2 inches at a time and grass will grow though it, and then you can add more sand not exceeding 2 inches per application, until you adequately fill in the areas. The 2 inch “rule” is an LSU AgCenter recommendation.
Posted on 6/26/20 at 9:03 am to jimbeam
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Mason
This. I had some “lawn sand” delivered a few years back and it had small pebbles in it. The small pebbles tend to stay on top of the ground while the sand sinks down. Not a fan.
Posted on 6/26/20 at 9:25 am to CoolHand
I used some fill sand it took a while for the grass to fill in.
Posted on 6/26/20 at 10:41 am to SippyCup
Thanks for this thread! I seeded my yard with Bermuda and it’s coming out great. Only issue I have is there are troughs from runoff. I figured that I would work hard to get grass growing everywhere then worry about filling in the troughs. I’ll be installing subsurface drainage for all gutters that dump into my front yard (should have done this initially, hindsight 20/20) then work on leveling and smoothing everything out after that.
Posted on 6/26/20 at 2:19 pm to SippyCup
get a load of sugar sand and use wheel barrel to dump in the low spots, then drag a 4x4 across it in several crossing
directions to spread it evenly and flat, then followed by sprinklers and it self levels filling any low spots as it melts down into the yard.
if its not much then next storm go get some free sand bags and use those to spot fill as needed
directions to spread it evenly and flat, then followed by sprinklers and it self levels filling any low spots as it melts down into the yard.
if its not much then next storm go get some free sand bags and use those to spot fill as needed
This post was edited on 6/26/20 at 5:15 pm
Posted on 6/28/20 at 8:30 pm to SippyCup
Highly organic material will decompose. If you need structure, go with sand.
Posted on 6/28/20 at 11:05 pm to CoolHand
Had the same problem with the small pebbles when I ordered masonry sand. I’m not sure if they sent the right stuff to the house, but the pebbles made a layer on top in some areas where it was hard for grass to grow.
Posted on 6/29/20 at 8:28 am to TigerGrad2011
Do not use river silt or sand/silt. You’ll have weeds from the entire US heartland.
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