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Originally Posted by JGVillages
Hard to grow grass o top of sand. Every course in TV was constructed with very little "base" underneath. You notice that every time you take a divot and there is no ground base underneath, just sand. Probably saved $$$$ in construction but the long term results are showing.
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Exactly what do you mean by "base"? Southern grasses like Bermuda grow best in a very sandy soil. That is why we don't replace divots and instead fill them with a sand mixture. This mixture encourages the growth of the rhysomes and stolons that
are critical to good Bermuda turf.
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