I got free top soil from Craigslist, only it is not topsoil it is SILT.?

Now I have a huge muddy mess and dead grass sod. What can I do? Improve soil or cover it up?
OH yeah, I started out with mainly clay HEIP ME

3 Responses to I got free top soil from Craigslist, only it is not topsoil it is SILT.?

  1. Sorry…start again. You might get somewhere by improving the soil, but not likely.
    Get a rototiller, use it. Then get good SOIL and lay it over your rototilled surface. Put your soil or grass plugs down and aerate.

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  2. Silt is top soil.Go to a green house in your area and ask them.

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  3. silt is medium organic and inorganic particles (clay is small and sand is large)
    You need to increase your drainage (eliminate the “muddy”)- easily done by adding copious amounts of sand.
    once the “muddy” is gone you can add compost or true topsoil to improve your soil.
    As fo the grass – just turn it under with the sand…it will breakdown and help.

    As a stopgap messure you can cover area with hay (but this gives LOTS of weed seeds) and turn the hay under withthe sand after its dried out some

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