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Importing and Evaluating New Topsoil

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How NOT to start a lawn. Mistakes, Myths & truth.

What happens here

A dump trailer, pulled by a Ford F-250 pickup truck, is used to deliver a load of pulverized black dirt mixed with sand. The speaker examines the delivered material, emphasizing that this specific mixture is ideal. He explains that pure black dirt can hinder root growth and water drainage, potentially causing root rot, while a proper blend with sand offers both organic material and essential drainage for healthy root establishment.

Goal: Obtain and verify the quality of new topsoil for the lawn.

Tools and materials

  • Dump Trailer Sure-Trac — Transporting and dumping large quantities of topsoil
  • Pickup Truck Ford F-250 — Towing the dump trailer with topsoil
  • Pulverized Black Dirt — Providing an organic and well-draining base for new grass

What they say

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chemicals period [Music] [Applause] so i believe if you start using chemicals you're always stuck using chemicals and fertilizer i prefer just to bring in a nice good base layer and let the seed go from there now you can get bonus growth you can control weeds you can then start to use chemicals and fertilizers to help really stimulate growth but without a good base then you're always trapped using them think you can make that corner nothing like having an obstacle course to try to get around you're good except for your front end other way turn your wheel the other way that turned in that way and then had a straighter shot to go in but to each their own [Applause] he's blind right there yep you're good friend end looks good [Music] that's good we got a bit of an issue going on with the lawn over here all through here everything is dead dying and compacted because this is where we've been putting all the snow and the salt and everything else so before we can get grass to grow we've got to bring the right materials in alex what did they call this at the pit was it just pulverized scream black dirt do you know if they mix it pre-mix it with any sand down there it looks like there's a little bit in there i don't know if they mix it themselves though you can see that it looks like it's been mixed with sand and that's ideal you don't want just pure black dirt because black dirt will actually pure black dirt will trap the roots and the water is go and caught cause root rot and so the water and your seeds got to be able to drain through but it needs enough organic material that it has something to build on so what the right material right out of the gate helps a lot but it's not necessary this is not a necessary step to grow grass you guys okay especially this much i didn't need this much that's all right

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