Sod Preparation – How to Prepare for Sodding.

First your going to need to clear the vegetation from the soil/dirt.
Tools used for this include metal rakes, small skidsteer type machines, and for larger jobs skidsteers which are machines that look like a small bull dozer with either wheels or  tracks for wheels. A Harley rake attachment is sometimes used to clear large areas of grass.

These machines scrape the soil /dirt rapidly, they also help with leveling out the area. If you have limestone near the surface an order of good topsoil may be called for.
 Sod needs soil to dig its roots into.  Remember your sod does store some water in the roots so  a couple of inches of good soil promotes healthy future roots which means healthy grass.
Sod can be established over very thin existing grass or weeds as long as most of the sod has good soil contact.
 In the future depending on the plant you covered up it may return through your new sod. When this occurs there are post emergents  (chemicals that kill plants that are actively growing ) that will help you control weeds. Sod Fertilizing.
 No matter what soil you lay your sod on there are probably thousands of seeds in the soil just waiting to germinate so setting up a program to deal with weeds is a must. Get your fertilizer program here.
Establishing your sod is all about good soil contact and proper watering.
After you have removed most of the vegetation, leaves, and other debris. You can begin laying your sod. Sod is best layed with a pattern shown here.

Laying sod in the proper pattern is important so that there aren’t long seams  where problems can occur.  
We hope this information helps you to have a great experiencing when sodding your property or the property of a client.
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