re: Hydroseeding - who’s done it?

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10 yards of dirt or sand is a frick ton to move yourself.

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I didn’t really consider that.

What’s the latest you think we could lay the sod down? May?

Definitely sod because it’s so small. You can’t seed st aug anyway. I’d consider tif 419 bermuda. It’s full sun, high drought/heat tolerance and can withstanding the wear of dogs and kids. You only have 600 sq feet so you don’t have a lot of area for foot traffic anyway. It will not grow in any shade. You can treat all weeds that will grow in it plus use stronger pre emergents.
St aug would be the next option but you’ll likely get brown patch and grey leaf spot fungus. Won’t do so well with the dog going to the bathroom on it. Will grow with 4-6 hours of indirect sunlight.
I’m not a zoysia fan. If you have issues with it your local nursery will probably not be able to help because so few people have it.

And f centipede

This is great info. Our backyard is definitely full sun. We plan on planting a tree back there. Nothing too big. A little gem Magnolia probably. My neighbors across the street have St. Aug grass. It’s very nice but I don’t really care about having “nice” grass in my backyard.

You know a lot of about this. I appreciate your feedback.

FYI well fertilized tif 419 cut down to 1 inch will look amazing

Don’t plant the Bermuda shite. It’s good grass but you aren’t looking for a football field back there.

Zoysia is the way to go. It’s foolproof, drought tolerant, and can be shade tolerant. You can lay sod all the way til late summer. I’d wait til more Into spring so grass crop is better than what you have now

Also, don’t do a rain garden. It becomes weed ridden and a mosquito habitat

Zoysia is not fool proof by any means. It takes a couple to establish itself even from sod. It’s prone to patch funguses. It produces a major thatch layer. Hybrid Bermuda’s don’t look like your local high school football field. Zoysia is expensive too.

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Zoysia is not fool proof by any means.

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Had my front yard covered with Emerald Zoysia a few years back. When it's growing well, it looks amazing. If for whatever reason something goes wrong, be it natural (too much rain/puddling) or man-made (son's GF drives her car into the wet lawn on accident), you're pretty much on your own to wait for it to fix itself being I've been told there's no such think as Zoysia seed, only sod. And if you want to patch with new sod, Zoysia cannot be reliably the same 'breed' from farm to farm.

Oh, and despite my lawn guy who put the Zoysia down saying it won't, my neighbor's Bermuda is crawling in and overtaking my grass on a section of my lawn.

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Hydroseeding - who’s done it?

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I may or may not have dabbled in hydroponics

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Also, don’t do a rain garden. It becomes weed ridden and a mosquito habitat

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We’re kind of married to doing one. We’re redoing our backyard as part of a water-friendly program in New Orleans. I’ve been doing lots of research, which isn’t the same as experience, but they seem like they function properly if they are planned well on the front end.

Probably going to go with this: LINK

Still trying to figure out best location.

Yeah, that seems to be the consensus. What type do you recommend?