{"id":8102,"date":"2016-11-14T17:30:30","date_gmt":"2016-11-14T20:30:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lawnstarter.wpengine.com\/?p=8102"},"modified":"2025-03-06T15:50:45","modified_gmt":"2025-03-06T18:50:45","slug":"the-4-best-grass-types-for-sandy-soils-virginia-beach-va","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lawnstarter.com\/blog\/grass-guides\/the-4-best-grass-types-for-sandy-soils-virginia-beach-va\/","title":{"rendered":"The 4 Best Grass Types for Sandy Soils (Virginia Beach, VA)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Virginia Beach has a long history as a family resort. In the summer, it’s brimming with adults and children enjoying the ocean and 38 miles of both beach and sand. Sand isn’t fun when it’s in your soil, though, unless you’re one of the four best grass types for sandy soil in Virginia Beach.<\/p>

You want to grow fruit trees? Sandy soil is great. Grass? Not so much. Sand particles are irregular or rounded and create air pockets in the soil, and the soil can’t store the nutrients that the roots need. In addition, sand does not retain moisture long enough for the roots to absorb it, and it doesn’t provide stability for grass roots either.<\/p>

Compounding the problem, Virginia Beach lies in the transition zone, where warm-season grasses that flourish in the summer tend to get ugly in the winter when they go dormant. Cool-season grasses that enjoy the winter could get scorched in the summer. So, we need grass types that grow well in the transition zone and<\/em> in sandy soils.<\/p>

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