Best Soil Mix For Lawn Leveling I'VE Ever Used

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When you level a lawn it's common to mix sand and soil together and top-dress the low spots in your lawn during the growing season. The goal is to put just enough material on the low spots to bring the ground up to grade but not too much material to kill off the grass growing in the lawn already.

I have leveled out many spots in a variety of lawns over the years but of all the leveling mixtures I've used this one is the best quality lawn leveling soil mix I've ever used...and I mixed a lot of it myself.

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We are in a relatively new construction house and our lot was the lot that was used the most for moving heavy machinery on and off when they were leveling lots. Then sand was just dumped on top of it. Then sod just plopped on top of that... we are at a point where the sod is dying in the places where 2+ inches of sand were dumped on top of red, hard clay so I don't even feel like I can get to a point of leveling yet, I'm just dumping organic material and trying to stop the dead areas from expanding. So glad you made that point about not going overboard on the sand with clay soil! It really is like I have a concrete lawn in many areas.

TeachMrsH

ive seen hundreds of vids ... and ive also seen many doing it this way .. however, i use a " cement mixer " tp prep the soil mix . ie sand soil compost and slow release fertilizer all in the mixer . then place in the back of the trailer for lawn tractor and spread .. cuts all that time in mixing down .. but then again, thats just my thoughts

catharsus

Sand also captures more heat. 70/30 in shady areas. And 50/50 in more open areas may be preferred depending on where you live. I thought Gibberellic Acid was what promoted the growth. Great video, and perfect timing. Thanks.

webeducation

Great content but bro…… Show me the baby!! Way too long of a video

ricknavarro

I found this stuff called recharge it's a powder u can spray of all kinds of microbes u might have come across this but If not id be curious to hear ur input ...God bless and Happy Easter

johnjrkean

Those bags of various stuff you have there are quite expensive and a yard of non-amended screened top soil is $50/yd on up in my area if you have a pickup. I calculate I need at least 8-10 yards of soil to to a proper leveling job on my 7.500sq ft. If I buy it already amended for topdressing, the cost is nearly $1000.00= delivery charge.
Lawn leveling/top dressing is not inexpensive is my point.

exnjute

Thoughts on play sand mixed with 25% soil? Hard for me to find enough all purpose near me economically (need 2-3 cubic yards)

alexhill

Great video. Really like your content!

lancef

Does a lawn need to be level? I mean, my little lawn isn’t really used for anything but I like it to look decent so I’d level it out if it meant something for health of the lawn.

TK-mfin

I got some organic compost from home Depot and it had a old rusty nail in it, also my reel mower has a hard time with those wood chips.

mikeo

Great video! Whats do you think would be the optimal soil composition for a shaded area for growing brown top bent / fine fescues in UK condiditons (very wet winters and dry summers)? i'm currently constructing a lawn with 4-6 iches of new soil and i'm using about 60% silica sand to 40% black silt (sandy loam with minimal clay content) for water rention but also good drainage. I'll add some small amounts of very fine compost to provide the seed with something to feed on until it estabilishes.

Loam is suggested to be the best composition for lawns but also can suffer from compaction when wet (winter) so I'm thinking leaning towards a sandy loam is a better choise especially since its in shade all winter and hopefully the sand content isnt too high to cause any issues in the summer draughts. I water in the summer anyways but dont want to be a slave to the lawn.

stevenbelcher

Turf Mechanic, I'm new to leveling, and I have a mostly red clay bermuda sod lawn down here in Georgia.
I have a fairly small yard at about 4100 sq feet total.
I'm only interested in leveling my front for now. What would you suggest I use as a bare bones concoction for putting out to level my bermuda?

troyhenry