Graded Organic
Sports Turf Dressings

• A complex blend of our very best clays, loams and sands
• Processed, blended, refined and sterilised to the finest grade
• Screened through 4mm woven mesh screens to exacting standards
• Delivers consistent ball speed, true bounce and reliable durability
• Promotes healthy grass growth and a dense, vigorous sward
• Independently analysed for consistent quality
• Proven across grass tennis courts in the UK and Europe for over forty years

Typical analysis: 59% Sand / 19% Silt / 22% Clay

GOSTD tennis construction loams have proved their worth consistently over the last 40 years in the top tennis venues in the United Kingdom and Europe.

GOSTD tennis seed bed loam is produced to the same high specification as our world renowned tennis top dressing, to ensure perfect compatibility throughout the court’s construction and promote good development growth. It can also be used to revitalise an existing tennis court after hollow tyning or koroing procedures have been carried out.

Custom-made to specification

• Natural, free-draining medium loam with a light, friable soil structure
• Primarily for renovating goal mouths and centre strips
• Doubles as a soil conditioner where hollow tyning is required on sports turf
• Promotes excellent root growth and tillering on badly worn surfaces
• Screened through 4mm woven mesh screens to exacting standards
• Independently analysed for consistent quality

Typical analysis: 65% Sand / 20% Silt / 15% Clay

• Light sandy loam formulated for top dressing football and rugby pitches
• Improves playing surfaces with poor soil structure
• Recommended after hollow tyning or verti-draining
• Screened through 4mm woven mesh screens to exacting standards
• Independently analysed for consistent quality

Typical analysis: 65% Sand / 25% Silt / 10% Clay

• Light, friable sterilised loam blended with medium-to-coarse washed sand
• Free-draining, open texture that relieves compaction
• Promotes the root growth and tillering needed for a dense sward
• Formulated for the fine sward of golf and bowling greens
• Alternative sand-to-soil ratios available made to order
• Screened through 4mm woven mesh screens to exacting standards
• Independently analysed for consistent quality

Typical analysis: 88% Sand / 5% Silt / 7% Clay

• Finely screened blend of naturally occurring light sandy loams
• Formulated for sandy, lower-clay domestic garden lawns
• Improves sandy lawns with poor soil structure
• An annual dressing (April–October), after scarifying and aeration, invigorates the grass, reduces thatch and levels bumps and bare patches when over-seeded
• Screened through 4mm woven mesh screens to exacting standards
• Independently analysed for consistent quality

Typical analysis: 65% Sand / 25% Silt / 10% Clay

Organically Enriched Loam is an ideal material for general garden construction, preparation of shrub beds, planting and lawn areas prior to seeding and turfing, and the filling of large containers and pots. When using in containers and pots, add additional grit for drainage and feed when necessary with fertiliser of choice.

Our Organically Enriched Loam is a combination of finely screened medium clay based loam, blended with rich shredded and composted organic matter, to provide all the natural plant nutrients required. Only natural materials are used, there are no chemical additives or peat of any kind in the product, which has an approximate pH of 7.0.

100% natural & organic

Simply the best time saver for your garden and vegetable patch, mulching has a host of benefits. Covering the soil around plants with a protective layer of material will considerably suppress weed growth and help retain moisture, meaning less time spent weeding and watering. Mulching also provides additional plant nutrients enriching the soil and stimulating plant growth and health.

GOSTD brand Organic Mulch is a rich shredded and composted natural organic material. There are no chemical additives or peat in GOSTD M2000, which has a pH of approximately 7.0. Our Organic Mulch is a recycled material, enhancing, not depleting our environment.

100% natural & organic

Our aim is to produce a loam to perfectly match the customer’s requirements from village cricket club to county ground standard.

This entails utilising a good medium loam with sufficient clay content, low silt and good corresponding soil strength to achieve consistent bounce and reliability. Our GOSTD cricket base loam meets all these requirements.

Custom-made to specification

GOSTD cricket seed bed loam is made to the same exacting standards as our highly recommended cricket top dressings. It is produced to the client’s specification dependant on the standard of cricket being played.

The recommended depth of 50mm of seed bed loam overlying the GOSTD cricket base loam ensures perfect compatibility thereby avoiding root break after construction and producing the fast, safe, pacey surface required for cricket.

Custom-made to specification

GOSTD tennis base loam is the ideal material for tennis court construction, made to the same exacting standards as our highly regarded GOSTD tennis top dressings.

Depending on the client’s specification and depth of construction we recommend several millimetres of base loam topped with at least 50mm of seed bed loam, thus giving complete compatibility throughout the construction process to ensure good root growth and a healthy vigorous sward.

Custom-made to specification

GOSTD tennis construction loams have proved their worth consistently over the last 40 years in the top tennis venues in the United Kingdom and Europe.

GOSTD tennis seed bed loam is produced to the same high specification as our world renowned tennis top dressing, to ensure perfect compatibility throughout the court’s construction and promote good development growth. It can also be used to revitalise an existing tennis court after hollow tyning or koroing procedures have been carried out.

Custom-made to specification

The standard range of GOSTD brand products is extremely comprehensive, however if you require a special mix produced to your own specification we will be happy to oblige. Using our independent analytical and advisory services to evaluate your existing soil structure ensures a compatible mix and guides you in alleviating any problems you are experiencing with your sports surfaces.

If you have any questions regarding the use and application of our dressings call us free on 0800 500 3900.

Custom-made to specification