Doing your own sand testing

November 14, 2019

We recently posted a video and spreadsheet for those of you who are trying to select the optimum sand for use in greens rootzones or topdressing. A few of you have indicated an interest in running a quick sand test yourself, as opposed to sending the samples to an analytical lab. This is definitely possible if you follow the procedure illustrated in our video and/or described in this USGA article. But you will also need to understand that:

- Doing…