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Sod and turf recs
Posted on 7/3/25 at 1:37 pm
Posted on 7/3/25 at 1:37 pm
My backyard never recovered from the drought. Need a good turf, sod recommendation.
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Posted on 7/3/25 at 2:05 pm to kjntgr
Location?
Sun, shade?
Like to cut often or want cheap and easy?
DIY or paying someone? What size?
Sun, shade?
Like to cut often or want cheap and easy?
DIY or paying someone? What size?
Posted on 7/3/25 at 4:28 pm to LSUtigerME
If doing just random guesses at what could work without any pertinent details, I did some citrablue at Aug that has been nice so far
Posted on 7/3/25 at 7:38 pm to kjntgr
Since drought was the issue, then go with any of the Bermudas if you don’t want to go through that again. But even with that, you still need to get water to it to get it established the first year.
If you can’t water consistently, then maybe Mother Nature will help, but bermuda will still be the best choice. Because even if you lose some, it will still eventually knit together, albeit with weeds, unless you’re diligently removing them.
Seed is gonna be cheaper obviously than sod, but still very labor intensive at first to keep up with the watering.
This is all assuming you’re dealing with full sun.
For shade, CitraBlue St Aug is advertised as drought and shade tolerant, but I’d “take it with a grain of salt” since the company pushing this is Sod Solutions, and it’s a new cultivar.
If you can’t water consistently, then maybe Mother Nature will help, but bermuda will still be the best choice. Because even if you lose some, it will still eventually knit together, albeit with weeds, unless you’re diligently removing them.
Seed is gonna be cheaper obviously than sod, but still very labor intensive at first to keep up with the watering.
This is all assuming you’re dealing with full sun.
For shade, CitraBlue St Aug is advertised as drought and shade tolerant, but I’d “take it with a grain of salt” since the company pushing this is Sod Solutions, and it’s a new cultivar.
Posted on 7/5/25 at 1:12 pm to kjntgr
If it’s full sun, I can’t recommend celebration Bermuda enough.
Posted on 7/5/25 at 1:33 pm to TexasHand
It’s a beautiful grass.
And some kind of aggressive.
I have a patch of it.
It’s hard to find around BR
And some kind of aggressive.
I have a patch of it.
It’s hard to find around BR
Posted on 7/5/25 at 4:08 pm to TexasHand
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If it’s full sun, I can’t recommend celebration Bermuda enough.
I have some that's doing well in 5 or 6 hours of morning sun. It doesn't spread as fast there but its as dense as what's in full sun.
Posted on 7/5/25 at 4:28 pm to kjntgr
zoysia has been really good for me....in sun and shade...
Posted on 7/5/25 at 4:41 pm to LSUtigerME
I am in Gonzales and looking to grade and sod about one half acre full sun.
Mostly sun, I have a strong stand of St Augustine currently in a shaded area adjacent to this full sun area. I’m ok with St Augustine but man that stuff grows! Loved my zoysia lawn in Huntsville, AL, but OK to go with St Aug in this environment. Got a big arse commercial Hustler to maintain it.
Looking for recommendations on type of grass and installers. TIA
Mostly sun, I have a strong stand of St Augustine currently in a shaded area adjacent to this full sun area. I’m ok with St Augustine but man that stuff grows! Loved my zoysia lawn in Huntsville, AL, but OK to go with St Aug in this environment. Got a big arse commercial Hustler to maintain it.
Looking for recommendations on type of grass and installers. TIA
Posted on 7/5/25 at 9:27 pm to ynlvr
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I am in Gonzales and looking to grade and sod about one half acre full sun. Mostly sun, I have a strong stand of St Augustine currently in a shaded area adjacent to this full sun area. I’m ok with St Augustine but man that stuff grows! Loved my zoysia lawn in Huntsville, AL, but OK to go with St Aug in this environment.
Any of the main warm season turf grasses would do well here.
St. Aug is okay but definitely losing popularity (particularly here on TD). It has a few negative qualities that can make it difficult, so I wouldn’t generally recommend it, especially for full sun.
Zoysia is phenomenal and by far my favorite. If you’re planning to sod everything, this is definitely an option and sounds like you’re familiar with it. I have both Zoysia and Bermuda in my lawn and love the Zoysia areas.
Bermuda, particularly the hybrid (sod only) varieties, are also great in full sun. They grow fast, recover quickly, and have numerous treatment options. Bermuda is certainly the current board favorite. One advantage to Bermuda option is they have seeded varieties. They are not as good as the hybrid types, but still a solid option. I seeded about 3 acres of my lawn, so Bermuda was the primary option for me.
Centipede is another sod option, but is a very low quality lawn grass. However, it’s low maintenance and very cheap. That’s why it’s used often by builders since it lets them put something down for as cheap as possible.
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Looking for recommendations on type of grass and installers. TIA
For sod in the Gonzales area, Woerner Turf is going to have the sod available and may can recommend an installer. There’s a lot of landscape companies that can grade it out and throw out the sod for you though.
Posted on 7/6/25 at 5:33 am to LSUtigerME
Thanks for the thoughtful response. Very helpful.
Posted on 7/6/25 at 6:06 am to ynlvr
TifTuf or Tahoma 31.
Select for cut height. Tahoma likes to be a little shorter, under an inch.
Both are the latest generation of hybrids and grow like crazy while handling all types of stress better than any previous Bermuda hybrid. They excel in drought because that’s what they were originally developed for.
Bonus is that TifTuf grows so fast and is so easy to farm that it’s one of the cheapest sods you can get now.
Select for cut height. Tahoma likes to be a little shorter, under an inch.
Both are the latest generation of hybrids and grow like crazy while handling all types of stress better than any previous Bermuda hybrid. They excel in drought because that’s what they were originally developed for.
Bonus is that TifTuf grows so fast and is so easy to farm that it’s one of the cheapest sods you can get now.
Posted on 7/6/25 at 1:39 pm to Dallaswho
quote:Yep, I was shocked to get it for $205 per pallet.
Bonus is that TifTuf grows so fast and is so easy to farm that it’s one of the cheapest sods you can get now.
Growing this from runners after edging:
This post was edited on 7/6/25 at 1:41 pm
Posted on 7/7/25 at 5:39 am to bayoubengals88
That gonna be you sod farm lol
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