Is your lawn directly on natural top of subsoil?

[Anonymous]

Did your builder scrape off the topsoil or bury it under the subsoil? Or did they haul it away and dump it or sell it? I hear that lawns on subsoil are on life support forever. Lawns not grown on natural topsoil can’t survive much better than a houseplant. Always needing water , fertilizer, aeration , and “top dressing”.
When you bought your house on land, did you check your see if that land included the topsoil? I won’t buy land that doesn’t have topsoil.

[Anonymous]

Op here. The word natural should not have been in the title (I can’t see well)

[Anonymous]

https://www.sierraclub.org/sites/default/files/sce/iowa-chapter/water/CheckTopsoilBeforeBuyingAHome.pdf

[Anonymous]

All houses are built on modified soil for stability. Dozed, and then resodded.

All lawns will tire and need constant organics added to them. Grass clippings are not enough. Fertilizer, compost, and additional top soil now and then.

Trying to go "natural" usually results in poor soil as well if a yard is maintained to gov code regulations.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:All houses are built on modified soil for stability. Dozed, and then resodded.

All lawns will tire and need constant organics added to them. Grass clippings are not enough. Fertilizer, compost, and additional top soil now and then.

Trying to go "natural" usually results in poor soil as well if a yard is maintained to gov code regulations.

You need subsoil to build on, but topsoil to grow plants (grass) in.

[Anonymous]

Dump mulch for a couple of years and let it break down into soil. Microorganisms break it down into topsoil. You will be able to grow grass and plants. Keep mulching. There is not good topsoil in our area anyway . . . lots of clay.

[Anonymous]

We have good topsoil in Maryland. It’s just not deep (4-5 inches). Mulch is dark but it’s not natural topsoil. Peat is not topsoil. It’s also limited in availability and harmful to the environment being moved around. Shouldn’t have to go back and fix the soil that you’ve paid for. And since we don’t walk on our lawns (no one plays outside ) other than our dogs, the topsoil shouldn’t break down under a lawn. Top dressing is expensive and it doesn’t work.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:All houses are built on modified soil for stability. Dozed, and then resodded.

All lawns will tire and need constant organics added to them. Grass clippings are not enough. Fertilizer, compost, and additional top soil now and then.

Trying to go "natural" usually results in poor soil as well if a yard is maintained to gov code regulations.

You need subsoil to build on, but topsoil to grow plants (grass) in.

Very good!