Question on Infield Dirt Mixture

I was wondering if anyone has the following mixture on their infield or knows of a school that uses this mixture. Was wondering how it holds up under weather conditions.

50% sand, 25% silt, and 25% clay

 

Having been involved in building a LL field up here my advice is to worry less about the mixture and spent your dollars on making sure your field has a good crown. Think the process through and allow for the run off.

Spend any other money on the kitty litter type mixtures (that Cheeze mentioned) which are available and the let them that just get integrated over time.

 

experts

if you want expert advise , contact Tommy Walston at ECU or Ray Brincefield at NCSU.

 

Kinston Indians

I called the groundskeeper from the Kinston Indians, I think his name is Tommy, he recommended some mix that came from Carthage (I think). I put it on our field 4 years ago and it still looks like the day we put it in...great stuff. We wet it for a few minutes twice a day and an hour before games during the season and it stays soft and doesn't stain like regular clay does.

PM me or give Tommy a call at the Indians main number...super nice guy and very helpful.

 

Thanks for the info. Actually posted in the baseball section as well. The new softball field at Watauga is scheduled to have that mixture put down by the company building the field. I just want to do some background checking on that mixture to see how it holds up in the weather. We currently use brick dust with clay mixed around the bases and turface mixed in. We have very few issues with rain currently.

 

....what is turface?
fish

 

http://www.profileproducts.com/sports_fields/

 

A ground brick product called "Pave Rouge" mixed 50-50 with clay makes a great infield. Its used in infield mixes from high schools to colleges to the major leagues. Its made in North Carolina by Cunningham Brick Co. and can be gotten by the dump truck load. (Google their website and call them). It not only creates an ideal playing surface, but it will also absorb an amazing amount of water. Keep in mind that even the best soil mixture is worthless unless its graded properly so the water will run off.

Turface is nothing like cat litter. Cat litter turns to mush when saturated. Turface is great for drying up mud spots, but using enough bags of it to improve the characteristics of an entire softball infield will require a very big budget.

A typical neglected infield that's lower than the outfield can require one to two dozen tandem dump truck loads of fill material to create a grade that's six inches higher in the middle than the corners. If you don't have unlimited funding, the best thing to do is tackle it over a period of 2-3 years. That allows you to experiment with mix, grade, and top dressing, as well as spread the cost out.

 

In Raleigh.... heres the ticket

Bradsher.... up in Wake Forest....They will provide a mix, usually 70-30 clay to turface for your playing surface.

We put 30 tons on my field 2 years ago....
This is the way to spread it....

see pics