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soil ammendments which ones? turf doc 02-22-2006
Posted by turf doc on February 22, 2006, 9:21 am
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Soil amendments which ones?

Well I for one am fed up of not knowing which ones are any good, do we
go with
peat? Mushroom? Seaweed? Or are there any other fantastic ideas
out there? Which
ones are best with sand and which ones are best for
clays soils? Let’s get the
ball rolling on this topic because it’s a
bit of a grey area that no one seems
to talk about.

turf doc


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Posted by Timothy on February 22, 2006, 7:14 pm
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 On Wed, 22 Feb 2006 14:21:47 +0000, turf doc wrote:

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> Soil amendments which ones?
>
> Well I for one am fed up of not knowing which ones are any good, do we go
> with peat? Mushroom? Seaweed? Or are there any other fantastic ideas out
> there? Which ones are best with sand and which ones are best for clays
> soils? Let's get the ball rolling on this topic because it's a bit of a
> grey area that no one seems to talk about.
>
> turf doc


What's up Doc..?
Organic matter is organic matter. What you choose and how you add it is up
to the end user IMHO. There isn't a perfect soil amendment. Amending clay
soil for a blueberry would be different than the amending for a cedar.
Amendments have to be tailored to the situation, the availability of
products to use and personal preference.

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Posted by turf doc on February 23, 2006, 7:10 am
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Timothy Wrote:
> On Wed, 22 Feb 2006 14:21:47 +0000, turf doc wrote:
>
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> Soil amendments which ones?
>
> Well I for one am fed up of not knowing which ones are any good, do we
> go
> with peat? Mushroom? Seaweed? Or are there any other fantastic ideas
> out
> there? Which ones are best with sand and which ones are best for
> clays
> soils? Let's get the ball rolling on this topic because it's a bit of
> a
> grey area that no one seems to talk about.
>
> turf doc
>
>
> What's up Doc..?
> Organic matter is organic matter. What you choose and how you add it is
> up
> to the end user IMHO. There isn't a perfect soil amendment. Amending
> clay
> soil for a blueberry would be different than the amending for a cedar.
> Amendments have to be tailored to the situation, the availability of
> products to use and personal preference.
>
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Thanks Timothy point taken but we are in the lawns banter section are
we not?
maybe I should have made my self a little clearer...soil
amendments for turf. As
to which type of turf situation I leave up to
you but I’m guessing that it would
be different for say a football
pitch as apposed to a cricket pitch / wicket!


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Posted by Steveo on February 23, 2006, 9:58 am
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> we are in the lawns banter section are
> we not?
>
No. You are posting to alt.home.lawn.garden Usenet newsgroup through some
sort of banter uk portal.

HTH

Posted by Timothy on February 23, 2006, 12:38 pm
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On Thu, 23 Feb 2006 12:10:43 +0000, turf doc wrote:


> Thanks Timothy point taken but we are in the lawns banter section are we
> not? maybe I should have made my self a little clearer...soil amendments
> for turf. As to which type of turf situation I leave up to you but I’m
> guessing that it would be different for say a football pitch as apposed to
> a cricket pitch / wicket!

As Steveo stated, your some other place than I am. Quite honestly, your
being cheated by not accessing the whole Usenet. Check out this page of
mine:

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I really wouldn't see much difference between a football pitch and a
cricket pitch as far as soil base and amendments goes. For full
disclosure, I've never been with in a mile of a cricket pitch to truly
know the difference, but I'm assuming that it would be a lot like a
baseball field.

The running paths would be high clay mix that is packed. The grass areas
would be a higher sand mix than the average home lawn for the drainage.
It's not fair to compare a home lawn with a playing field IMHO. A play
field would be an engineered environment with embedded drainage lines,
layered soil and rock and the like. The average lawn install consists of a
dump truck of fair soil and a bobcat. 80)

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