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Sod Question
Posted on 4/10/25 at 8:32 pm
Posted on 4/10/25 at 8:32 pm
I just received a quote for our front and back yard. I am being told that St. Augustine and Zoysia is the same price, is that correct?
Also, we have a pretty big back yard and the project includes: removing all old grass and soil in backyard (4-6 inches deep), install river silt dirt to entire area with proper grading, includes leveling and grading correctly for front yard. Quoted 30,000 for all. Not sure if that's a good price or not.
Also, we have a pretty big back yard and the project includes: removing all old grass and soil in backyard (4-6 inches deep), install river silt dirt to entire area with proper grading, includes leveling and grading correctly for front yard. Quoted 30,000 for all. Not sure if that's a good price or not.
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Posted on 4/10/25 at 8:42 pm to Coco19
St Aug and Zoysia were the same price when I got mine 2 years ago. I wouldn't trust anyone putting river silt under sod. You're asking for neverending weed issues.
Posted on 4/10/25 at 8:51 pm to Trout Bandit
quote:to say the least LOL
You're asking for neverending weed issues.
Posted on 4/10/25 at 8:52 pm to Trout Bandit
What should be put down?
Posted on 4/10/25 at 10:45 pm to Coco19
quote:How much square footage?
30,000 for all.
Posted on 4/11/25 at 7:07 am to Coco19
quote:Compared to the Biltmore or the Garden District?
Pretty big back yard
Out of the two options, Zoysia is a no brainer.
Posted on 4/11/25 at 7:10 am to Coco19
Find a new sod company. Anyone that calls themselves a professional but then says they are bringing in riversilt just soon sod your lawn with torpedo grass and call it a day.
This post was edited on 4/11/25 at 7:20 am
Posted on 4/11/25 at 7:13 am to ronk
quote:
Find a new sod company. Anyone that calls themselves a professional but they says they are bringing in riversilt just soon sod your lawn with torpedo grass and call it a day.
100% agree.
Posted on 4/11/25 at 9:48 am to ronk
A couple of years ago I was told by a landscape architect that "pumped river silt" did not have the same weed problem that silt from pits in the batture does. Maybe that's true. I don't know.
I suspect that most commercial "garden soil" made in so La. has a fair amount of pit silt mixed in, weed seeds and all.
I suspect that most commercial "garden soil" made in so La. has a fair amount of pit silt mixed in, weed seeds and all.
Posted on 4/11/25 at 10:20 am to Tree_Fall
the problem is you won’t know until it’s way too late. It’s a shame because river silt is obviously abundant, cheap and the perfect substrate for planting and grasses…it’s what this entire state was created out of
Torpedo grass was deliberately imported from Eurasia for cattle forage and now it’s probably the continents worst weed ever known
Torpedo grass was deliberately imported from Eurasia for cattle forage and now it’s probably the continents worst weed ever known
Posted on 4/11/25 at 12:09 pm to Tree_Fall
quote:It could be true, the problem isn’t that you don’t know, it’s that they don’t know either.
I was told by a landscape architect that "pumped river silt" did not have the same weed problem that silt from pits in the batture does. Maybe that's true. I don't know.
It’s just a risk you shouldn’t take.
Posted on 4/11/25 at 12:15 pm to Coco19
Posted on 4/11/25 at 12:42 pm to Coco19
Help me with the thinking of removing 5-6" of dirt?
I don't understand this. What would that accomplish?
I don't understand this. What would that accomplish?
Posted on 4/11/25 at 1:11 pm to bbvdd
quote:I thought the same thing. That's a lot of the total cost.
Help me with the thinking of removing 5-6" of dirt?
If you really are talking about an enormous yard, I would totally skip this step by glyphosating twice over and simply tilling what you have, rather than removing and importing. I can't make sense of it.
Posted on 4/11/25 at 4:24 pm to Coco19
Where are you located?
Posted on 4/12/25 at 8:22 pm to Coco19
That’s a lot of money for a torpedo lawn.
Ask the the use sand or top soil. If the dump riversilt for them immediately
Ask the the use sand or top soil. If the dump riversilt for them immediately
Posted on 4/14/25 at 11:20 am to bayoubengals88
It's about 18,000 square feet total between back and front. When previous owner put pool in, they spread the dirt and it is 90% clay and we have sodded twice now and has never been successful.
Posted on 4/14/25 at 11:34 am to Coco19
quote:Before you spend another dime, you need to know why this didn't work...
we have sodded twice now and has never been successful.
How much shade do you have?
What kind of grass did you try?
30k sounds a bit steep for about .4 of an acre.
This post was edited on 4/14/25 at 11:41 am
Posted on 4/29/25 at 5:01 pm to bayoubengals88
95% of it is full sun and we have tried St. Augustine twice.
Posted on 4/29/25 at 5:10 pm to Coco19
Why not Bermuda? I would find someone to amend the current soil unless it is full of rocks.
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