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Tips for sodding a yard
Posted on 7/24/14 at 8:37 am
Posted on 7/24/14 at 8:37 am
We are getting ready to sod our yard. We built last year and have been picking up nails and grading things out since. Where I live has some red clay but its not like other parts of the state. My plan is to spread some topsoil and put the sod over that. Any tips other than to get a buncha Mexicans to do it? Does anybody know of any deals on sod within an hour of McComb Ms? TIA
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Posted on 7/24/14 at 8:45 am to pdubya76
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get a buncha Mexicans to do it
Posted on 7/24/14 at 8:46 am to pdubya76
get the sprinklers ready
Posted on 7/24/14 at 8:47 am to djangochained
Plan on watering every evening for a cpl weeks.
Posted on 7/24/14 at 8:50 am to pdubya76
A good starter fertilizer (whatever the sod place recommends) is cheap and will help start the roots quickly. Apply before you lay the sod.
Posted on 7/24/14 at 8:50 am to pdubya76
Green side up
Posted on 7/24/14 at 8:53 am to pdubya76
Make sure it is the ground is graded and flat before laying sod. You would think the grass would smooth the ground out, but it doesn't. Also roll the sod after laying...
Posted on 7/24/14 at 8:56 am to pdubya76
quote:
get a buncha Mexicans to do it
is the best way to get it done.
If it was me, I'd start applying roundup and high concentrations of chlorides to make sure nothing ever grows there.
Posted on 7/24/14 at 9:10 am to pdubya76
quote:
get a buncha Mexicans to do it
I came here to post this.
Posted on 7/24/14 at 9:43 am to wickowick
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Also roll the sod after laying...
This, but also, make sure to bunch the peices very tight together, otherwise you'll have a bumpy lawn.
Posted on 7/24/14 at 10:19 am to pdubya76
Till in a good layer of top soil into your existing soil and level it out. Install an irrigation system . Put down a good starter fertilizer. Lay out sod and make sure to roll it after it's placed. Water the hell out of it and stay off it for 2 weeks. If its in your budget pay some hombres to do the labor.
Posted on 7/24/14 at 10:21 am to pdubya76
Water am and afternoon, not pm.
Posted on 7/24/14 at 12:03 pm to pdubya76
Thanks for the replies . I just need to find somewhere reasonable that will deliver . I have a 3/4 ton truck and a 22 ft trailer but that sod is close to 1k a pallet . I need about 10 so gonna try to get it delivered .
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