Laying new sod

If you live in FL you know that sod here can be hit or miss. This one looks really good.

Waiting for the crew to arrive.



Will update once the job is done.

 

Done and done. Looks amazing.

 

Somehow, I missed this thread.

How about an update shot a week later? Doesn't it all turn brown after you put it in and then has to recover? Or is that only my impression because my neighbors aren't doing it right?

 

No, it hasn't turned brown. We water it twice a day. Starting today it's going to be once a day. Then you let it grow for at least 3 weeks. Then you can mow it. In our case it will be a forest by that time. Grows really fast!

Taken 5 minutes ago. Just turned the water on.

 

Looks really good. Are you expecting a lot of rain from Erika? It might help or it might hurt, I suppose.

 

It's already helping. Somehow we're not getting much of it today, but did have some nice downpours the last couple days. If I understand it it's been downgraded to just a bunch of rain by the time it reaches us.

By the way, it is paramount to put Milorganite soon after the sod is put in. At least it's the case for Bahaia grass. Maybe it's not required up north. Your neighbors need to fertilize and water it systematically. Just watering isn't enough for a new sod. It's really beneficial for the new grass to be treated by professionals at least once every six month as well.

 

Our housing development was built over an old dairy farm (big one.) So we have unusual soil. You cannot imagine some of the weird (and scary) mushrooms we get regularly. Anyway, we also have a very active underground spring that erodes everything, including the soil from underneath, it seems. So, we have problems with ph levels, moss, really nasty weeds, etc.

Fortunately, I am not fussed (like a couple of my neighbors are )about the lawn. My landscaping benchmark is that as long as the neighbors are not rallying against me with pitchforks and torches, all is well.