Give your soil what it really wants!
Now available in a 1 cu. ft. bag, too.
Your soil will love our compost, because McGill SoilBuilder is a premium product, ideal for use as a topdressing, soil amendment or mix ingredient. It rebuilds poor soil by increasing organic matter, replenishing the soil microbes responsible for nutrient uptake and improving water management.
Manufactured from 100% recycled content, McGill SoilBuilder is a product you can feel good about — makes lawns, turfgrass, gardens and ornamentals look great while helping the planet. But best of all, SoilBuilder compost is cost-effective and offers outstanding performance:
- Reduces irrigation requirements up to 50%
- Reduces stormwater runoff up to 50%
- Reduces pollutant loads in stormwater runoff
- Improves percolation for better drainage
- Holds more nutrients at the root zone
- Improves nutrient uptake
- Reduces compaction for better root development
Applications
McGill SoilBuilder is a truly versatile product designed to meet a range of needs:
- Container mixes and nursery applications
- Plasticulture, silviculture, and hay/pasture
- Landscaping, gardening, and manufactured topsoil
- Stormwater management, and sediment/erosion control
- Biofiltration and bioremediation (e.g. constructed wetlands, landfill cover)
- Sports turf establishment and maintenance (seed and sod)
READ: Using SoilBuilder compost for container gardening
McGill SoilBuilder compost is easy to spread, mix and use:
| Application | Mix |
|---|---|
| Topdressing | Core-aerate making 4 to 5 passes over the area to be top-dressed. Apply 1/4 to 1/2 inch of SoilBuilder using a standard spreader or apply by hand. Rake or back-drag into turf canopy and core holes. |
| Soil amendment | Use 1 inch of compost for every 3–4 inches of desired incorporation depth. |
| Blends and mixes | Compost is a concentrate — use up to 30% compost in the formulation. |
| Topsoil | Blend 1 part compost with 2 parts native soil. |
