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The best Topdressing for your baseball field
Topdressing
for your Baseball Field |
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Help
the root zone and smooth out ruts
or dips in your turf with topdressing |
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Choices
and Decisions What
is the best topdressing mix?
- Best choice is
some combination of topsoil, sand, and compost.
- Get at least a
sand and compost mix.
How much?
- 5-10 yards for
a high school infield.
- 3-5 yards for
a little league infield.
Sources
and Suppliers Suppliers
I've used and am satisfied with:
topdressing mix - Cascade Rock, Central Home Supply
topdressing quality sand - Granite Construction
Tips & Hints
- You need a way
to get the material from the dumped pile to your turf area. Plan on
using wheelbarrows, tractor loaders, or carts you can pull. It's heavy.
You need to move alot.
- Don't worry about
putting it on perfectly even. Spread with a field rake and then drag
once or twice to smooth it out nicely.
- Topdressing can
be used on just the bare spots or on the entire field.
- Don't use it all
up. Save a small pile for later when you do some minor leveling or spot
seeding.
Mistakes to avoid
- You don't want
rocks or sticks in your topdressing. Make sure you order good stuff
or you'll be picking it out or have to just live with it.
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10 yard
pile of
topdressing

great stuff to grow
anything!

a tractor at work
hauling and moving
topdressing

example of analyzing
topdressing content -
lots of sand and soil

moving the pile one
shovel at a time

topdressing used on
a thin area |
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