Top Dressing Mix

When I top dress my lawns next month , I will be scarifying then spiking the poor areas followed by a light reseeding of the patches. When I top dress what is a good soil / sharp sand mix ratio? The lawnsmith site below seems to skirt around mixes a little.
TIA

http://www.lawnsmith.co.uk/amateur/soil-lawn-top-dressing/top-dressing-mixes

 

It you have heavy clay, and hollow-tine for aeration, then "just [sharp] sand" will do ...

Other than that I think you would probably be better to join-up on a Turf forum and ask there. I've read some and there are some UK ones that are sports-related (footie and golf) and I reckon they will have the best on-the-ground knowledge.

Would be interested to hear what you find out though

 

Cheers Kristen, my lawn is pretty free draining .The main purpose of the top dress was to lightly cover the re-seed areas , and to smooth out a couple of hollows . I'll use a 3 parts fine soil to one part sharp sand mix. I should not be too far off the mark with that.

 

Yup, I am sure that will do your lawn the world of good

 

70/30 ratio is a good standard mix for top dressing.

 

Thanks for the link William