Dusting: keep it up

The benefits of light sand topdressing, or dusting include improved firmness and water movement, and reduced puffiness and black layer (as well as some disease management benefits: see below). However, the correct rate must be used for best results.

We recently received a comment that weekly light sand dusting (10-50 lbs #30 sand/1000 sq ft) is causing some dulling of mowers. This problem probably occurs when too much sand and/or too coarse a particle size is used, or if the…