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re: Paging Ronk: what's the right process to sodding new lawn in DFW clay soil?
Posted on 4/1/24 at 9:33 am to bayoubengals88
Posted on 4/1/24 at 9:33 am to bayoubengals88
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That’s sounds too expensive.
It’s kind of a fun activity for kids if you have family around
Kids? The way some people made it sound like backbreaking work had me scared to try doing 3 pallets on my own. I'm over 50. I do have a Gorilla cart. Maybe I'll try it myself?
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Posted on 4/1/24 at 9:52 am to TejasHorn
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Increasingly hot and dry DFW summers haven’t been kind to St. Aug lawns and water bills. I’m openly rooting for the invading bermuda in our yard.
I'm in Lakewood and ~ 5 years ago, my lawn was in immaculate shape and I had about 5k sq ft of St Aug.
The freezes and droughts have destroyed my yard and I really only have about 2k of pure St. Aug left. Everything else has been overrun with Bermuda. TARR + drought did real damage to my front yard last year and it never recovered.
I'm giving it one more year and then I'm getting rid of the St. Aug for Bermuda.
This post was edited on 4/1/24 at 9:54 am
Posted on 4/1/24 at 11:04 am to Greenie10
quote:Like three or four who can understand what to do moving a square at the time.
Kids?
Just a thought
Posted on 4/3/24 at 11:43 am to ronk
To get around the too much labor for one person problem, I saw someone say they were thinking about doing a pallet a weekend.
So I could save delivery fee by picking up one pallet, which will fit in my f150. Take my time laying the 450 sq ft on a Saturday and concentrate my watering efforts to that small area. I don't have a sprinkler system, just regular sprinklers.
Then about 2 weeks later, repeat the process.
Any issues with this? Seems much less overwhelming this way too.
So I could save delivery fee by picking up one pallet, which will fit in my f150. Take my time laying the 450 sq ft on a Saturday and concentrate my watering efforts to that small area. I don't have a sprinkler system, just regular sprinklers.
Then about 2 weeks later, repeat the process.
Any issues with this? Seems much less overwhelming this way too.
Posted on 4/3/24 at 11:51 am to SirSaintly
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picking up one pallet, which will fit in my f150
I'm not sure what a pallet of sod weighs, but it is heavy. I have done it in my F250 and it's noticeable - half-ton truck? I'd check on it.
Posted on 4/3/24 at 1:35 pm to Azazello
In the spring (especially this spring) I get blamed for dead St Aug all the time. Twice today already. I have to tell them that DFW is the northernmost limit for St Aug to begin with. In 2021 we had 6-8 inches of snow on the ground for days and didn't get above freezing for 129 hours and below 20 for 72 hours. In 2022 we went 74 days without rain. Ice storm in February of 2023 and one of the hottest summers on record in 2023. Their response is always well I hired your company to take care of my lawn.
It is time to let St Aug go in DFW.
It is time to let St Aug go in DFW.
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