re: Another Lawn Thread

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