Use

Compost

Instructions

Cubic yards per 1,000 sq. ft.** (inches per depth)

Turfgrasses:
Establishment Soil Incorporated

1/2" - 2"

Mix with top 4" - 6" of soil. Use lower rate on fertile soil, higher rate on infertile soil.

Surface Mulch

1/4" - 2"

Spread evenly on surface before seeding small species (Bermuda) or after seeding large seeded species (fescures).

Maintenance

1/10" - 1/4"

Spread evenly on surface. On cool season grasses, either apply high rate in fall or lower rate in fall and spring.

Nursery Crop & Ornamentals
(shrubs and trees)
Establishment

1/2" - 2 1/4"

Mix with top 6" - 8" of soil. Do not use where acid-soil plants (azalea, rhodendron, etc...) are to be grown.

Maintenance

1/10" - 1/5"

Spread evenly on surface soil. Can be mulched into soil or used as mulch.

Tree Balling

Use at 50% rate

Mix based on compost with bark or soil.

Potting soil mixes

Not more than 1/3 by volume

Water and drain mixes serveral times before planting to prevent salt injury to plants. Blending materials: peat, sand, vermiculite, perlite and bark.

To calculate cubic yards of Dillo Dirt needed: Area length (ft.) x width (ft.) x inches Dillo Dirt divided by 324 = cubic yards