i planned to grow phillipine grass diy... do i need to top up my garden with soil or sand? was thinking of normal sand but then somebody advised me to put soil that can be ordered from landscaping shop instead... please advise. thanks.

In fac ut need both, however, what is the depth you need to fill in? my previous case, I have 6-7 inch of depth, so filled in the soil as foundation and 1-2 inches of sand as top, in such a way, this will reducing the risk of your grass to die as sand do catalyst the growth of the grass and also provide good water drainage on the bed.

i only want to top up another 2 to 3 inches.is it ok to put sand only?

For philippines grass, it should be fine. For other grass, you may need soil instead.

You are growing from seed or direct buy the grass in pieces form? because if purchase grass in pieces, the thickness already 1inch++ so according to your current situation, I am assuming your current ground base is soil one, so just need to top up 2 inches of sand + lay the grass. If you plan to grow from seeds, then different story d

You want to grow from seeds or buy those 1x2 feet grass patches? If grow from seeds, you definitely need soil mix. ↲
I'm planning to level my existing grass area because I just renovated my car porch, my grass area is now lower by about 3inches than my tiled floor. Now, I wanted to dig up the grass and level that land area. Do you guys think I need to add some new soil or just lay fine sands buy from hardware shop? Mine is Taiwan grass and I see the grass grows greener and shorter near the curb on top of cement which makes me think carpet grass grows better on slighly dry hard surface.

where to buy these seeds... I am looking for pearl grass seeds...

Plan to use those grass patches.growing from seed is too troublesome.

I just use sand only...water it everyday a 10 days, put some fertilizer..

Just drive to sungai buluh pass the Sungai Buluh Hospital..plenty of nursery along the way. And after sungai buluh hospital there's a turning to the left, there you will find a small road and the entire road is filled with nursery...the deeper you go the cheaper it is..Have fun!

Correct! Seeding method, it takes at least 6 months or above to see the satisfied results

This post has been edited by leeyung: Jun 4 2012, 05:13 PM