Establishing a sod lawn is easy. Sod should be put down on dry dirt within the same day of when it gets there. If temperatures are above 80 moisten the soil the day before to reduce the soil heat. Be careful not to over water to ensure that you or the workers are not doing your job in the mud. Once the sod is laid the initial irrigating should drench the sod and also hydrate the soil. All you do then is water consistently and stay off. Remember to keep the lawn damp constantly, if at all possible by consistent short sprinklings. Water two times a day at 8AM and 1PM (morning hours and early mid-day) if the tempuratures are under 95. The watering process needs to be repeated thrice per day during the hottest months of the year, 95 plus, at approximately 8 AM, 11AM and 1PM every day. DON'T LET THE LAWN DRY OUT!!! Remember fondly the key's to maintain IT MOIST, NOT SOAKED. Sinking causes algae and fungus.
Watering is best suited if done during morning hours time, Three to four am, when sunlight and heat cannot cause excessive evaporation. After your lawn becomes established it will take approximately 1 inches of water every week, inch every other day, throughout the heat of the summer. Spring and fall might require 1-2 times weekly watering depending on climate conditions. Cut water back through the winter season, in some cases your lawn will only require watering once or twice a month, depending on weather conditions. The soil must be soaked through when watered. Water should penetrate at the very least 6 inches into your soil to make sure deep rooting. When your lawn requires water it'll turn from bright green to blue or gray-green.
Commercial fertilizer should be applied prior to your laying the sod at a rate of 1 lb. per 150 Sq. Ft. This application of fertilizer should provide the nutrients to give the sod a proper start. An extra application of fertilizer needs to be applied again every 6-8 weeks. We propose a great purpose fertilizer such as triple 15 or 16. Lawns normally do not need feeding during Dec. or Jan. Remember if you notice a lawn that appears great its because the owner has done a few simple things with consistency, proper watering, mowing, fertilizing and weed control.
A whole new sod lawn should be mowed for the first time between 10-14 days. Delaying the primary cutting permits an excess of shading, blade widening and possible sunburn. Set your lawn mower at its maximum setting, lowering a setting each mowing before the lawn is cut at Two inches. Never eliminate more that 1/3 of the blade length at any mowing. Weekly mowing is essential throughout the growing season. Lawn mower blades ought to be kept sharp to stop bruised and torn grass which acquires unsightly white blade tops.
Weeds will show up in your new lawn. They come from seeds which have lain dormant in your yard or which have been carried in by wind or birds. These weeds can best be controlled by growing good healthy grass. Grass which is well watered, mowed, and well fertilized provides excessive competition for weed plants to achieve any stronghold. However you will find chemical remedies which will be able to help whenever your lawn has matured, usually after 3 mowings. Weed -B-Gon for broad leaf and Weed-hoe for grassy weeds. Pre-emergent is necessary to hold crabgrass, spurge and approximately 35 other weeds out of your lawn. Treatment should be applied the 1st part of February and again in mid May on a yearly basis. When your lawn ever become damaged or have bare spots, reseed or sod immediately to counteract competing weed growth from becoming established.
Watering is best suited if done during morning hours time, Three to four am, when sunlight and heat cannot cause excessive evaporation. After your lawn becomes established it will take approximately 1 inches of water every week, inch every other day, throughout the heat of the summer. Spring and fall might require 1-2 times weekly watering depending on climate conditions. Cut water back through the winter season, in some cases your lawn will only require watering once or twice a month, depending on weather conditions. The soil must be soaked through when watered. Water should penetrate at the very least 6 inches into your soil to make sure deep rooting. When your lawn requires water it'll turn from bright green to blue or gray-green.
Commercial fertilizer should be applied prior to your laying the sod at a rate of 1 lb. per 150 Sq. Ft. This application of fertilizer should provide the nutrients to give the sod a proper start. An extra application of fertilizer needs to be applied again every 6-8 weeks. We propose a great purpose fertilizer such as triple 15 or 16. Lawns normally do not need feeding during Dec. or Jan. Remember if you notice a lawn that appears great its because the owner has done a few simple things with consistency, proper watering, mowing, fertilizing and weed control.
A whole new sod lawn should be mowed for the first time between 10-14 days. Delaying the primary cutting permits an excess of shading, blade widening and possible sunburn. Set your lawn mower at its maximum setting, lowering a setting each mowing before the lawn is cut at Two inches. Never eliminate more that 1/3 of the blade length at any mowing. Weekly mowing is essential throughout the growing season. Lawn mower blades ought to be kept sharp to stop bruised and torn grass which acquires unsightly white blade tops.
Weeds will show up in your new lawn. They come from seeds which have lain dormant in your yard or which have been carried in by wind or birds. These weeds can best be controlled by growing good healthy grass. Grass which is well watered, mowed, and well fertilized provides excessive competition for weed plants to achieve any stronghold. However you will find chemical remedies which will be able to help whenever your lawn has matured, usually after 3 mowings. Weed -B-Gon for broad leaf and Weed-hoe for grassy weeds. Pre-emergent is necessary to hold crabgrass, spurge and approximately 35 other weeds out of your lawn. Treatment should be applied the 1st part of February and again in mid May on a yearly basis. When your lawn ever become damaged or have bare spots, reseed or sod immediately to counteract competing weed growth from becoming established.
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