When to Topdress

[Kyle Boatright]

I'm in Atlanta and have a Zoysia lawn that was sodded last summer.
Unfortunately, it isn't very smooth, so it needs to be top-dressed. I know
better than to use sand - I'll use a soil blend similar to the soil in the
yard... No problem there.

My thoughts are to do this chore just as the grass is beginning to emerge
from dormancy - probably sometime in April.

Is there a better time?

KB

[Timothy]

On Wed, 01 Feb 2006 21:31:48 -0500, Kyle Boatright wrote:

> I'm in Atlanta and have a Zoysia lawn that was sodded last summer.
> Unfortunately, it isn't very smooth, so it needs to be top-dressed. I
> know better than to use sand - I'll use a soil blend similar to the soil
> in the yard... No problem there.
>
> My thoughts are to do this chore just as the grass is beginning to emerge
> from dormancy - probably sometime in April.
>
> Is there a better time?
>
> KB

Sounds good to me, that's when we tend to do such things. I would over
seed at the same time to thicken up the lawn and to speed up the return of
the lawn in the top dressed areas.

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[Chub]

when it's growing vigorously.

"Kyle Boatright" <kboatright1@comcast.net> wrote in message
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> I'm in Atlanta and have a Zoysia lawn that was sodded last summer.
> Unfortunately, it isn't very smooth, so it needs to be top-dressed. I
> know better than to use sand - I'll use a soil blend similar to the soil
> in the yard... No problem there.
>
> My thoughts are to do this chore just as the grass is beginning to emerge
> from dormancy - probably sometime in April.
>
> Is there a better time?
>
> KB
>