Hi all
I guess it is a case of what works for the individual and one size may not fit all and we are talking specifically about Buffalo. There are a couple of reasons to top dress, either to add nutrients and organic matter to the lawn or to level lawn. I have never top dressed Buffalo, I use the lawn mix very sparingly and only in the area's that are a little thread bare after the scalp. A decent lawn mix will benefit any lawn and as the soil in my area is not the best it does help, the cost difference between the mix and yellow sand was $8 for a half trailer which is enough to do my front and rear. Sand doe's the same thing as a mix without adding anything to the lawn. The reason I dont top dress is that you have scalped the lawn to reduce the thatch, why would you want to encourage it to grow thicker, faster ? Buffalo does this without help and excess thatch build up is the biggest issue with Buffalo. I think these days top dressing of Buffalo is not recommended unless for the purpose of minor leveling. If you have a deeper depressed area it's probably quicker to cut that area on 3 sides, lift it and ad soil from your garden under the section and relay it rather than progressively top dressing. I did this a couple of years ago to an area which has an old rotting root ball of a palm under the ground, might need another go next year again until things fully settle.
Just my thoughts and contribution to the thread.
PS. Fishing sounds pretty good BS, jealous of those nice big flatties you guys have on the east coast, we have the bartails mainly which don't grow big, a 50cm fish is photo worthy !
Cheers
wce
