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As we are all aware topdressings have a number of tasks to perform. Primarily, we look to topdress our playing surfaces to improve the surface levels; in golfing terms this is to aid ball roll and, in respect of winter games such as football, to facilitate an even ball bounce.
Moving away from this basic function, topdressings can also be seen as a means to improve an unsatisfactory rootzone by adding coarser more consistent sand. This form of treatment, if continued as part of a long term programme, will certainly see an improvement of surface drainage, firmness and to a degree will assist in breaking down thatch development.
Topdressings consist of two primary ingredients, washed silica sand and one of a number of organic
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amendments. There are quite a number of sand producers who can offer to match up any particle profile in terms of the sand selected for a particular dressing. The variation in terms of performance is usually with the organic selected.
Choices available are soil, sedge peat, sphagnum moss peat, compost, and real compost. If we look at each of these amendments in turn we can see what each can offer in terms of real benefits.
Topsoil: These are usually sourced from an area local to the quarry producing the topdressing. Topsoil naturally consists of sand, silt, clay and a mineral fraction and is a variable material, even across a small area. i.e. a two acre field will differ in ‘make up’ in terms of how much sand, silt, clay and organic it contains. Topsoils are usually heavy, normally 1.7 to 2 tonnes per m3
,
. As the bulk density of sand is typically 1.6 tonnes per m3
so sand / topsoil dressings are generally heavier and with a bulk density of 1.7 tonnes per m3
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What this means is that your twenty tonne load of sand / topsoil dressing will amount to around 11.7 m3
12mm (1/2 inch) throughout the year to 10000 m2
. Applying or
twenty greens, you would need approximately 200 tonnes of topdressing.
Topsoil amended dressings
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