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Quality of Top Soil That is Sold in Bulk
I have a couple questions on top soil that is sold in bulk.
I bought a truck-load of top soil in bulk, and I spreaded it over my lawn. When I saw it on the truck, it looked dark because it was wet. Therefore, I thought it looked acceptable to me. But now when I compare it to store-bought top soil from home center, they are quite different: - Its color is kind of medium grey. Its color is like concrete powder when it is dry or when it is wet. The soil from a bag of Scott Lawn Soil is much darker and with a brown-tune. Their colors are completely different when I place them side-by-side. - It contains many stones as large as 3" wide. Cheap store-bought top soil also contains many stones; but their stones tend to be much smaller than those I find in the top soil that I bought in bulk. The Scott Lawn Soil that I bought hardly has any stone in it. The top soil was supposed to have "well screened". My questions a - Is my concrete-powder-colored top soil any good? The salesman told me that this is just as good as the dark-black top soil. But I have a hard time believing this. - How much organic matters in this type of concrete-powder-colored top soil anyway? - The good thing is that this top soil seems to be quit easy to spread. I guess this means it doesn't have a lot of clay. On the other hand, its color surely looks like a mix of clay and sand. The clay makes it dark, and the sand makes it easy to spread. Now, I am wondering what is going to happen if I add water to it. Will I get concrete out of it? - What does "well screened" top soil mean? How do they screen top soil? Do top soil vendors have large machines that have metal wire screen to screen the top soil? Do they have someone casually eye-balling a pile of top soil to sort of "screening" the top soil? - What is the best way to buy top soil in bulk without running the risk of getting "something else"? I had already gone to visually check the top soil before I ordered the top soil, and the salesman had already written down "DARK!" on the invoice; but I still get this "stuff". Do I have to go to the nursey to actually see them loading top soil onto the truck? Thanks. Jay Chan |
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