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| May 7-13-2006 is International Compost Awareness Week. This week is for all those who are interested in compost from the small backyard composters to the large scale community wide composting facilities. Compost is a great product to improve the soil and can be used in a variety of applications from gardening to topdressing on turf. A list of Compost Awareness Week activities and events can be found by going to the following web site, www.compostingcouncil.org . Have a great week.
Posted by John Bentley - 04.28.06 @ 02:06 PM EST
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Healthy soils are important to healty turf growth. So many times we look at the Turf and forget that what makes it really great is the soil it grows in. Spreading a good quality compost on turf helps improve the microbiology of the soil by helping to generate a climate where beneficial micro-organisms can thrive. These microbes work really well in soils because as they break down they create a sticky material that glues the fine soil particles together. This causes the soil texture to granulate, or become crumblike. Such soil texture improves porosity in hevy soils and helps hold moisture and nutrients in sandy soils. Materials that decompose slowly, such as sphagnum peat moss, do not promote granulation.
To improve your turf try topdressing with compost spring and fall and aerate at least once a year.
Posted by John Bentley - 04.18.06 @ 01:55 PM EST
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| Celebrate Earth Day on April 22nd by learning what you can do to help protect our planet. Check out the information available on this site www.epa.gov/earthday. The site has good information that we can all put into practice to make the Earth a better place to live. There is some good information on what you can do at home to care for your lawn plus a whole lot more. Let's make Earth Day every day.
Posted by John Bentley - 04.17.06 @ 08:19 AM EST
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| Earth and Turf Products LLC is now a member of PLANET, the Professional Landcare Network. PLANET is an association of green industry professionals representing more than 4200 members. These members employ 100,000 plus employees. PLANET provides a number of services for their members, including certification programs, networking, government affairs and education. If you are in the fields of design/build, lawn care, interiorscaping, maintenance or just want to be more connected in the green industry check out this association at www.landcarenetwork.org.
Posted by John Bentley - 04.06.06 @ 06:07 PM EST
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A question we often get is how much compost does it take to topdress a lawn ? Obviously that depends on how big the lawn is and how deep you want to spread. If you spread at a 1/4'' depth you will need approximately 3/4 of a cubic yd for each 1000 square feet. This depth is fairly common. If you want to spread a 1/2'' depth it would be double that or about 1 1/2 cu. yards per 1000 sq. ft. Most of the people we talk to are spreading 1/4''. Be careful not to go over 1/2'' on existing turf. More is not necessarily better and may even have an adverse affect. Contractors tell us they are spreading, for the most part, between 6 to 9 cubic yards on a typical lawn. We hope this information is helpful.
Posted by John Bentley - 04.05.06 @ 04:09 PM EST
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