Speed, Selection, and Effortless Preservation
Sod's huge advantage over seed is swiftness. From soil planning to final layout, it's possible to set up a modest-sized sod lawn in one day. That's an interesting thought: dust and weeds in the morning and a green lawn in the evening! Sod has other characteristics to recommend it, too.
Guaranteed Choice
If you obtain sod from a reputable local grower, you are confirmed to get a grass that increases well in your area. The gardener may offer numerous alternatives, from low to high servicing, for instance. Also, some improved varieties, such as 'Tifgreen' Bermuda, are accessible only as sod.
Simplicity
You can lay sod at nearly any time of year, even when the soil is slightly iced or during the heat of summer (although you'll need to water more in summer). In comparability, only spring and fall offer effectively advantageous situations for sowing most seed lawns, although late spring is good for seeding heat-lovers such as Bermuda and buffalo grasses.
Sleek Start
Yes, you'll have to baby a new sod lawn for a few of weeks, but that's far less time and energy than for a seeded lawn. Until new sod determines roots in the soil, it needs watering twice a day, and occasionally more often, during hot weather. In comparison, keeping a newly seeded lawn moist may need a dozen watering a day.
Fewer Weeds
New sod lawns undergo only slightly from weed invasions. Most soils include many weed seeds that are just waiting around for the prospect to grow, and right after you prepare and amend soil, sow grass seed, and present water, weed-growth circumstances are the best. Unless you've taken steps to remove or reduce weed seeds in the soil before planting, weeds may overrun a seeded lawn.
Special Uses for Sod
Sod is especially helpful where patches of lawn have become bare, weedy, or ruined. Winter use of street salt in northern regions is one major cause of damage. After removing the threadbare turf and getting ready the soil for planting, you can acquire a roll or two of sod at a garden center and place it over the area. Again, a seeded lawn would get several weeks to fill in and look lush.
Sod's huge advantage over seed is swiftness. From soil planning to final layout, it's possible to set up a modest-sized sod lawn in one day. That's an interesting thought: dust and weeds in the morning and a green lawn in the evening! Sod has other characteristics to recommend it, too.
Guaranteed Choice
If you obtain sod from a reputable local grower, you are confirmed to get a grass that increases well in your area. The gardener may offer numerous alternatives, from low to high servicing, for instance. Also, some improved varieties, such as 'Tifgreen' Bermuda, are accessible only as sod.
Simplicity
You can lay sod at nearly any time of year, even when the soil is slightly iced or during the heat of summer (although you'll need to water more in summer). In comparability, only spring and fall offer effectively advantageous situations for sowing most seed lawns, although late spring is good for seeding heat-lovers such as Bermuda and buffalo grasses.
Sleek Start
Yes, you'll have to baby a new sod lawn for a few of weeks, but that's far less time and energy than for a seeded lawn. Until new sod determines roots in the soil, it needs watering twice a day, and occasionally more often, during hot weather. In comparison, keeping a newly seeded lawn moist may need a dozen watering a day.
Fewer Weeds
New sod lawns undergo only slightly from weed invasions. Most soils include many weed seeds that are just waiting around for the prospect to grow, and right after you prepare and amend soil, sow grass seed, and present water, weed-growth circumstances are the best. Unless you've taken steps to remove or reduce weed seeds in the soil before planting, weeds may overrun a seeded lawn.
Special Uses for Sod
Sod is especially helpful where patches of lawn have become bare, weedy, or ruined. Winter use of street salt in northern regions is one major cause of damage. After removing the threadbare turf and getting ready the soil for planting, you can acquire a roll or two of sod at a garden center and place it over the area. Again, a seeded lawn would get several weeks to fill in and look lush.
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