Top Dress
Top dressing
is usually bought as a mixture of loam, sand and peat, or peat alternative and
there are several brands available and your supplier can advise on the mix.
Mow
the lawn short on a dry day and apply the top dressing as a dry mix. To smooth
the lawn, filling in dips and hollows, you apply at 3 to 4 kilos per square
metre, without smothering the grass. You need 75% of the grass leaf still
exposed.
You deposit the top dressing in mounds around the lawn and then spread
with a rake, finishing with a lawn brush. If you own a garden tractor
you can use a rake attachment and finish off with a brush attachment
but only on a dry day on dry grass.
Apply two loads of top dressing in
spring and another in autumn. For an ornamental lawn which is regularly treated
you need about half to 1 kilo per square metre and you can repeat this
throughout the season to help decompose thatch on fine lawns.
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