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Originally Posted by bilabonic
Hi All
Last year a layed a new lawn in my front garden (UK) with ex quality turf, the problem is i layed it onto a thin layer topsoil and clay beneath.
It does not respond much to feeding and it soggy winter/cracks up in summer.
I have just started spring maintenance and have cut it back short and scarified so it now looks very sparse/muddy.
I have also just aerated it leaving holes all over.
How can i improve the soil structure ? Some people telling me brushing in sharp sand will make it worse !!
Any ides peeps ? What about claybreaker soil conditioner or calcified seaweed ??
Cheers
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Buy some bags of top dressing for lawns and brush it into the lawn, it will drop into aeration holes helping to break up the surface and improving drainage and eventually stopping cracking in dry weather. However this will need to be done twice a year if your lawn is particularly bad, in spring and again in autumn. After this process you can then overseed to help prevent bald patches. Tell whoever your buying the top dressing from the size of your lawn and he will tell you how many bags you need.