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Originally Posted by Tom Barr
One thing I do at the lab in the holding tanks: I mix the soil with 2-3 parts sand to each part soil.
Then I add a sand cap of 1-2" over that.
That way the soil stays put and the sand mix gives it some weight.
Yes, it reduces the nutrient content, but that's seldom an issue until much later.
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What does mixing sand with the topsoil do? I hadn't heard of that before.
Is the "sand cap" composed of fine-grained material? I hope not, because it doesn't let water column nutrients through very well.
Bill