So I bought some wildflower mixture, and they recommend to thin/blend with sand so you can see where you broadcast and go see it easier. So I took one step further and added clover as well.
I have 2 wildflower mixes, 10gs of each, I know it’s probably not enough to get a dense lawn, but that’s also why I thinned it clover that I’ve already started turning the lawn over to.
So I took about 1/2 of one of wildflower packets and mixed it with 1 scoop of clover seed and 5 scoops of play sand. Gonna broadcast my entire front lawn, ther grass isn’t too tall yet, although I should mow to the lowest setting first.
Anyways follow along for updates on this adventure!
I don’t really understand the reason for the sand. I thought having sand where you want plants was mostly a bad thing?
It’s a visual aid so you can see where you’ve already spread seed and a bulking material so the seeds are evenly distributed over a large area. It doesn’t have to be sand, it’s usually just some sort of lawn friendly material.
Sand is a normal portion of soil.
Edit, sorry misunderstood the last part of your comment.
No worries, I could have phrased it better.
Sand is a wonderful filler depending on existing soil material. In high clay areas, you would want sand for drainage.
Don’t make my mistakes. Coarse sand for drainage. Fine or play sand in clay makes basically concrete.
Our clay is already basically that…
That does make sense actually. Big issue with concrete is you can’t use a lot of sands because they are smooth, you want the rocky abrasive kind so it binds together. So while we have deserts of sand, our construction sand is finite.
Also, don’t use jointing sand, it has a binding agent in it.
Add calcium to fix this