Builders sand in the garden

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• Pete.8 Posts: 11,340

  December 2020

  Yes
  builders sand often contains salt and sometimes toxins to stop weeds.
  It also helps to bind the cement, so builders sand will worsen the situation.
  I have personal experience from many yeas ago...
  
  Best thing is lots of organic matter, failing that, horticultural grit or sharp sand 

  
  Billericay - Essex
  
  Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
  Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.

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• Liriodendron Posts: 8,328

  December 2020

  Sharp sand is different from builders' sand and can be used (with lots of organic matter) to improve heavy soil.  Organic matter is the most important thing to use for this purpose, though.

  Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.

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