The Ground Source Blog

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?

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.

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.

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.

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.