The Secret to the Perfect Lawn? Topdressing! Topdress Your Yard

If your lawn isn't quite as level as you'd like, you've got to try topdressing your yard! Applying top dressing is a great way to smooth out any low or uneven spots and get a nice polished look for your grass. Lawn leveling is actually one of the best ways to ensure long term soil & grass health, and the results always look amazing.
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In this video, I'm going to show you just how easy it is to top dress your lawn with the ECO 250. This is important to do during the summertime, when the grass is actively growing.
Topdressing mix is a combination of sand and compost. The sand fills up all the empty spots; the compost adds organic fertilizer with beneficial microbes and also helps break down all that thatch material -- brown/dead grass.
Whether applying compost, sand, soil or a custom blend to existing turf, the ECO 250’s superior maneuverability allows you to distribute bulk material in a 180-degree forward arc. The spread can range from 3 feet wide up to 18 feet wide! This machine makes topdressing quick, smooth and effortless.
HOW MUCH WILL I NEED?
Wondering how much topdressing you'll need for your lawn? A good rule of thumb is estimating 1 ton for every per 1,000 sq. feet.
But first things first, we've got to cut our Empire Zoysia grass super short (almost but not quite scalping it) - about an inch and a half tall.
It's time-consuming, backbreaking work to attempt to topdressing mix by hand. That's why we're excited to announce that the new ECO 250 Spreader machine is now available for rental at Grass Roots Garden Center Graniteville, SC! (Watch our website for rental information: www.grassrootsyardsupply.com/)
KEY MOMENTS IN THIS VIDEO
00:00 - Topdressing prep
08:41 - Machine layout, how the ECO 250 works
10:23 - How to start the ECO 250
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[@RavenNl403]

Glad you like your piece of machinery. Looks like it does a good job.

[@grassrootsgardening]

I love it

[@lisapierce525]

What a cool machine! That’s a man’s machine. I can just see my little 112 lb butt trying to maneuver that!😂 Enjoyed the video, as always!

[@grassrootsgardening]

lol You could do it, I promise! The self-propulsion makes it really easy to maneuver.

[@Jamieclarke88]

That’s a bad mammah jammah nice work Ryan good test for the spreader too with the moisture

[@grassrootsgardening]

She can eat!! Thanks for checking out the video

[@mlyacko2]

Bad mammah jammah!

[@grassrootsgardening]

Ain’t she!? 🤣

[@user-ks2jt4fp8p]

Does this work with cool season grass like kentucky blue, fescue, and rye. We have clients that have uneven yards.

[@austynwicks2265]

Top dressing what 0:29 lol great video

[@grassrootsgardening]

Thanks for watching!

[@BB63191]

Ryan, can you use a sand and compost mix on any type of grass to top dress? We have a small suburban lot and the soil is terrible. We live in Iowa and I’m not sure what type of grass we have???

[@grassrootsgardening]

Absolutely! You can use it on any turf grass 👍👍

[@teamkansas6199]

Please don’t use sand with tall fescue. In IA you probably have fescue, blue or Rye. Compost is great with a long rod to level.

[@jorgeluiz788]

Onde vc comprou essa máquina de espalhar gostei dessa queria comprar uma

[@grassrootsgardening]

Off the internet

[@bbbrat-hf9tu]

Tarp the truck bed next time, no soggy sand and compost mix. Loved the video!

[@grassrootsgardening]

Thanks for the tip!

[@clayslandscaping]

How do you estimate how much material you will need?

[@grassrootsgardening]

Try Lawndork website, they have a calculator

[@tn6504]

what was the sand to soil ratio ?

[@grassrootsgardening]

I believe 80/20

[@markc3571]

Just think how much your lawn would pop if you ran a dethatcher 3-4 times first.

[@grassrootsgardening]

Wish I had one!

[@doordashdave2274]

I think that deer need a bath😅

[@grassrootsgardening]

Lol

[@Legendary_UA]

Why wouldn't you mechanically detach first? Great piece of equipment. What is the overall width? (gate constraints) Look for a Landzie leveling rake.

[@grassrootsgardening]

Mechanically detach what?

[@Legendary_UA]

@@grassrootsgardening Mechanically dethatch the grass

[@grassrootsgardening]

@@Legendary_UA ohhhh de-thatch! Well, the beneficial microbes that we use to inoculate our compost with will break it down and turn it into organic fertilizer for the grass. I learned this from golf course superintendents who use our topdress blend. 👍👍

[@mississippiembroideryco2737]

​@@Legendary_UA😅

[@timadamany]

Make sure you get sand all over the Honda. Why EcoLawn didn't put a shield over that is beyond me.

[@grassrootsgardening]

😂

[@tburd7186]

Great video, but in reality there is no machine that will truly fix those low spots.

[@grassrootsgardening]

enough sand and it will, you think differently?

[@jomten]

@@grassrootsgardeningtheres a wonderful invention that can fix low spots called a shovel

[@grassthief1280]

Making nervous standing infront of a running machine then stucking your hands in there poking around ive seen some crazy accidents with machines be careful with that in future friends

[@grassrootsgardening]

I live on the edge

[@Joe-sg8tk]

Always a Karen in the comments

[@reidgleason7862]

I wouldn't say a Karen. Anyone who messes with power equipment knows to be more careful cause things can happen fast and you only have two hands and one life.

[@TheStewart96]

Definitely not a Karen, that was not a good idea. Especially considering this is the “demo” for a rental, better have good insurance.

[@teamkansas6199]

Ummm…not thatch. Thatch is stems - I didn’t see any stems.

[@grassrootsgardening]

Look closer….

[@A3Kr0n]

I just spent the last 30 minutes clicking the "do not recommend channel" on all the garden videos YT insists I want to see. Think they'll go away? Now I'm not recommending, leaving shitty comments and giving lawn videos a thumbs down.

[@grassrootsgardening]

You spent half an hour doing what now? lol Commenting on videos indicates to KZbin's algorithym that you're interested in the content... so they'll be serving you up more gardening videos.