Fine Gardening - Fresno Sod in California
Installing your brand-new sod lawn is fairly simple. Sod should be set in place on dry ground within a day of when it gets there. When temperatures are above 80 degrees water the ground the previous day to bring down the soil heat. Do not over water making sure that you or the installers are not operating in the mud. When the sod is fitted the 1st irrigating needs to saturate the sod and moisten the soil. All you do is water often and stay off. Continue to keep the lawn damp continually, when possible by regular quick sprinklings. Water twice a day at 8AM and 1PM (early morning and early afternoon) if the tempuratures are under 95. The watering process should be repeated three times a day during the hottest months of the season, 95 plus, at approximately 8 AM, 11AM and 1PM day-to-day. DON'T LET THE LAWN DRY OUT!!! Remember fondly the key is to maintain IT MOIST, NOT SOAKED. Sinking brings about algae and fungus.
Watering is most effective if done during morning hours time, 3 or 4 am, when sunlight and also heat cannot cause excessive evaporation. After your lawn becomes established it needs approximately 1 inches of water every week, inch every other day, through the heat of the summer. Spring and fall might require a couple of times a week watering based on weather conditions. Cut water back during the winter season, sometimes your lawn will simply require watering once or twice a month, depending on weather conditions. The soil needs to be drenched through when watered. Water should penetrate at the least 6 inches into the soil to insure profound rooting. If your lawn requires water it will turn from bright green to blue or gray-green.
Commercial fertilizer should be applied prior to your laying the sod at a rate of 1 lb. per 150 Sq. Ft. This application of fertilizer should provide the nutrients to give the sod a proper start. An extra application of fertilizer needs to be applied again every 6-8 weeks. We propose a great purpose fertilizer such as triple 15 or 16. Lawns normally do not need feeding during Dec. or Jan. Remember if you notice a lawn that appears great its because the owner has done a few simple things with consistency, proper watering, mowing, fertilizing and weed control.
A fresh sod lawn should be mowed the first time between 10-14 days. Delaying the very first cutting allows for too much shading, blade widening and possible sunburn. Set your lawnmower at its highest setting, lowering a setting each mowing before the lawn is cut at 2 inches. Never remove more that 1/3 of the blade length at any mowing. Weekly mowing is a must during the growing season. Lawnmower blades should always be kept sharp to prevent bruised and torn grass which creates unsightly white blade tops.
Weeds will show up within your new lawn. They are presented from seeds which have lain dormant in your yard or which have been moved in by wind or birds. These weeds can best be controlled by growing good healthy grass. Grass which is well watered, mowed, and well fertilized provides too much competition for weed plants to get any stronghold. However you can find chemical remedies which is able to help whenever your lawn has matured, usually after 3 mowings. Weed -B-Gon for broad leaf and Weed-hoe for grassy weeds. Pre-emergent is necessary to maintain crabgrass, spurge and approximately 35 other weeds out of your lawn. Treatment should be applied the first part of February and again in mid May on a yearly basis. When your lawn ever become damaged and have bare spots, reseed or sod immediately to stop competing weed growth from becoming established.
Watering is most effective if done during morning hours time, 3 or 4 am, when sunlight and also heat cannot cause excessive evaporation. After your lawn becomes established it needs approximately 1 inches of water every week, inch every other day, through the heat of the summer. Spring and fall might require a couple of times a week watering based on weather conditions. Cut water back during the winter season, sometimes your lawn will simply require watering once or twice a month, depending on weather conditions. The soil needs to be drenched through when watered. Water should penetrate at the least 6 inches into the soil to insure profound rooting. If your lawn requires water it will turn from bright green to blue or gray-green.
Commercial fertilizer should be applied prior to your laying the sod at a rate of 1 lb. per 150 Sq. Ft. This application of fertilizer should provide the nutrients to give the sod a proper start. An extra application of fertilizer needs to be applied again every 6-8 weeks. We propose a great purpose fertilizer such as triple 15 or 16. Lawns normally do not need feeding during Dec. or Jan. Remember if you notice a lawn that appears great its because the owner has done a few simple things with consistency, proper watering, mowing, fertilizing and weed control.
A fresh sod lawn should be mowed the first time between 10-14 days. Delaying the very first cutting allows for too much shading, blade widening and possible sunburn. Set your lawnmower at its highest setting, lowering a setting each mowing before the lawn is cut at 2 inches. Never remove more that 1/3 of the blade length at any mowing. Weekly mowing is a must during the growing season. Lawnmower blades should always be kept sharp to prevent bruised and torn grass which creates unsightly white blade tops.
Weeds will show up within your new lawn. They are presented from seeds which have lain dormant in your yard or which have been moved in by wind or birds. These weeds can best be controlled by growing good healthy grass. Grass which is well watered, mowed, and well fertilized provides too much competition for weed plants to get any stronghold. However you can find chemical remedies which is able to help whenever your lawn has matured, usually after 3 mowings. Weed -B-Gon for broad leaf and Weed-hoe for grassy weeds. Pre-emergent is necessary to maintain crabgrass, spurge and approximately 35 other weeds out of your lawn. Treatment should be applied the first part of February and again in mid May on a yearly basis. When your lawn ever become damaged and have bare spots, reseed or sod immediately to stop competing weed growth from becoming established.
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