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re: Another Lawn Thread
Posted on 3/10/11 at 3:49 pm to PrettyBird
Posted on 3/10/11 at 3:49 pm to PrettyBird
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Thanks for the picture, just in case there was confusion. Guess I could have thought of that on my own...
If you have some extra, I threw some dirt down in my foyer and planted the remaining pieces in my foyer. It's mind blowing coming outside to inside at my house.
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Posted on 3/10/11 at 3:51 pm to PrettyBird
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I'm assuming this means a metal one, which I have. Not a leaf rake... Learning!
using a leaf rake would be like stabbing an alligator with a plastic spoon.
Buy at lowes, use it, clean it, break it, return it for $ back.
This post was edited on 3/10/11 at 3:52 pm
Posted on 3/10/11 at 4:39 pm to PrettyBird
I have 30+ yrs experience with both St. Aug and Centipede, and St. Aug is undoubtedly more shade tolerant. As a bonus, it's a little less expensive too. Zoysia is your thickest turf grass, but it is sometimes hard to predict in shady areas.
Scalp the existing grass/weeds with your lawn mower on the lowest setting before laying the sod, and as many have mentioned, water it every day for 20-30 minutes, and it should take within a couple of weeks. Stay off of it as much as possible for 3 or so weeks, and don't mow it until at least the 3rd week as well.
Scalp the existing grass/weeds with your lawn mower on the lowest setting before laying the sod, and as many have mentioned, water it every day for 20-30 minutes, and it should take within a couple of weeks. Stay off of it as much as possible for 3 or so weeks, and don't mow it until at least the 3rd week as well.
Posted on 3/10/11 at 7:26 pm to Dusty Bottoms
wait wait wait one damned minute here...
you can simply lay the new sod down ontop of the existing grass as long as you mow it as short as possible 1st and it will take and not look like garbage a month down the road?
you don't have to cut the old grass out to the dirt?
you can simply lay the new sod down ontop of the existing grass as long as you mow it as short as possible 1st and it will take and not look like garbage a month down the road?
you don't have to cut the old grass out to the dirt?
Posted on 3/10/11 at 7:29 pm to Dusty Bottoms
quote:Is great looking grass but a bitch to maintain in my opinion.
Zoysia
Posted on 3/10/11 at 7:33 pm to TigerFanatic99
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you can simply lay the new sod down ontop of the existing grass as long as you mow it as short as possible 1st and it will take and not look like garbage a month down the road?
I did this in my side yard and it looked no different than where it was dirt in the front yard
Posted on 3/10/11 at 8:21 pm to Prolate Spheroid
here are my credentials: i graduated from LSU and i have a Landscape contractors license. if you want to grow grass and be completley sucessfull you need to cut grass very low and then spray with round up. after grass is brown and dead till the dirt and inch or two deep. (St. augustine is more expensive b/c you cannot seed it[the seed is infertile] therefore it WILL cost more becuase the sod farmer has to let the stolons grow inbetween patches of cut out st. augustine) make sure your sod is from a location that has the same soil type. dont get st augustine from florida with sandy soil when you are putting it on top of clay. make sure the sod is only a day old(cut that morning). water tilled dirt and lay sod. walk on sod to make sod come into contact with existing dirt. water sod every day for a week(saturated to the most extent) the next week water every other day. after that when needed. dont cut for 1-2 months if it needs cutting cut it with a weedeater very high just top it. dont create excessive wear by walking on sod. dont let dogs walk on it they willllll kill it
Posted on 3/10/11 at 8:36 pm to capehorn31
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here are my credentials:
here are mine...I did it last year
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sod farmer has to let the stolons grow inbetween patches of cut out st. augustine
I don't care as long as I am paying
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dont get st augustine from florida with sandy soil when you are putting it on top of clay
I never buy out of state grass, only weed
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dont cut for 1-2 months if it needs cutting cut it with a weedeater very high just top it
that would be like 3 feet high in La.
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dont let dogs walk on it they willllll kill it
now you sound crazy...I see why you went in the landscaping business. Are you obsessed with gophers?
Posted on 3/10/11 at 8:39 pm to Prolate Spheroid
Easy guys. Let's keep it friendly. 
Posted on 3/10/11 at 8:42 pm to Bama and Beer
so we can't mess with a noob? who pulls the credentails card? to someone who didn't ask? I was laughing when I typed it...
Posted on 3/10/11 at 8:45 pm to Prolate Spheroid
It's all good, reminds me of a who can out hunt/ fish kind of thread in the way it's turning out to be.
ETA: And please resize your pic.
ETA: And please resize your pic.
This post was edited on 3/10/11 at 8:48 pm
Posted on 3/10/11 at 8:50 pm to Bama and Beer
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It's all good, reminds me of a who can out hunt/ fish kind of thread in the way it's turning out to be.
oh I'm sure he knows way more than me but there is a difference in how you do a job when you are getting paid (him) and how you do it when 10 pallets are kicking your arse and you want to be done (me). Reminds me of the brake job thread on here a few months back.
Posted on 3/10/11 at 8:55 pm to Prolate Spheroid
Don't mean to be a dick but I hate scrolling right to read text. Anyway, 
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