If you have an artificial turf lawn, have you looked at it closely lately?
You’re probably too busy deep sea fishing or taking tango lessons or doing all the fun stuff a homeowner can do when they don’t have to mow, weed or fertilize their lawn. Lucky.
But if you’ve had your easy care lawn for a while, take a close look. Your artificial turf’s lifespan isn’t forever.
Your trusty irrigation system is hanging out, doing its thing, keeping your lawn green and your flowers healthy.
Then, one day, a truck full of concrete pavers shows up. A skid steer starts zooming around. There’s talk of new sod.
What the heck? Your irrigation system is understandably anxious. What about all its lines tenderly tucked underground? What about all its reliable sprinkler heads?
A new landscaping project is exciting — to you. But will there be lawn irrigation damage your sprinkler system should stress out about?
So, you’re planning to order a delivery of fresh, green sod to install, finally making your yard that lush oasis of your dreams.
Pretty exciting! Delivery day can’t come soon enough, right?
Are you prepared for your sod delivery and installation?
Here at Ground Source, most of our customers hire us to both remove their existing turf and then install a fresh new sod lawn.
But if you’re tackling the sod installation yourself, here are some pro tips to prepare for sod delivery::
While sod in much of the country spends winter in a deep sleep beneath a blanket of cozy snow, Florida sod stays awake, like a hard-working night-shifter powering through a challenge.
Sure, growth really slows down once the temperature dips below 50 degrees or so, but even if areas of Central Florida experience a freeze, most grass will survive. Freezes here don’t last long, so lawns bounce back once the temperature edges back up.
That means your sod lawn still needs some winter attention.
So, your grass is gross. Maybe it has big bare spots that just won’t fill in. Maybe it’s more weeds than grass. Maybe you’ve considered just paving it with green concrete.
It needs help. But how much help?
Topdressing could mean choosing which of your vintage concert T-shirts to wear. Or completely covering your slice of Thanksgiving turkey with mounds of stuffing.
Add the word “sod,” though, and you get a really great lawn treatment that will boost your lawn’s health and help it thrive.
It seems like there are rules for everything these days.
Don’t exceed the speed limit. (Too late.)
Don’t eat the last donut in the box. (That one’s negotiable.)
Don’t waste water with careless lawn watering. (That one makes sense.)
You know a nice green lawn when you see it — the kind that makes you slow down and say, “Man, I wish I had a lawn like that.”
But how do you make sure you're getting the best sod before it becomes your lawn?
First you have to find the best place to buy sod in your area.
Nobody ever says, “I want a lawn that takes up so much time, I moved my bed out to the front yard.”
Well, maybe that one neighbor you saw out there last weekend trimming the edges with a tiny pair of scissors.
Most of us want a lawn that looks great, with minimal care.
So, what grass grows best in Florida?
If you've got a sod project in mind and you’re already thinking, “Why do I need to dispose of the old sod? I’ll just lay the new stuff over the old,” well, it’s a good thing you’re here.
You can’t do that.
Before you lay new sod, you need to tear out the old stuff, so your new sod’s roots can snuggle down into fresh, quality soil to take root.
So, what to do with removed sod?
Let’s take a look.