Posts Tagged ‘Sod’
Sod – Too Late to Put Down?
Q: Is it too late to put down sod before it starts turning cooler? A: Turf expert Clint Waltz says you can do it ^IF^ you properly prepare beforehand. Till the soil at least six inches deep so roots can...
St. Augustine Grass plugs
Q: I am tired of fighting hot, dry summers to get my fescue to survive. Next summer I plan to mix St. Augustinegrass plugs into my fescue in hopes that as the fescue deteriorates in summer, the St Augustine will...
Centipede Grass – Growth in Cobb County
Q: Will centipedegrass perform well in north Cobb county? A: One of the great success stories of the lawn seed industry is the work of Dr. Wayne Hanna at the USDA Coastal Plains Experiment Station in Tifton. In 1977, realizing...
Fescue Lawn – Taken Over By Bermudagrass
Q: I have a fescue lawn but I am surrounded by bermudagrass lawns. Bermudagrass has crept onto my property and I’ve given up hope of controlling it. I’d like to aerate the fescue in May, overseed with bermudagrass and let...
Fescue – How to Lay Bermudagrass Over
Q: I read your tips on laying bermudagrass sod but have a question. My yard currently has fescue. Not the best, lots of bare spots and pretty poor quality. Can I just lay sod over top of the fescue or...
Fertilizer Burn – Bringing Back Burned Grass
Q: Last fall, I thought it would be nice to “weed and feed” my lawn and get rid of the weeds. I did – - five times. I didn’t realize so much fertilizer would hurt the grass. I actually killed...
Raccoon – Damage to Sod
Q: What in the world could cause this? It only happens at night. My neighbor goes out every morning and replaces the sod but every night the creature returns. This is zoysiagrass sod which was installed several months ago. A:...
New Home – Drainage Problem
Q: My husband and I are new homeowners and thought you might be able to give us some insight. We purchased our home in December 2000. We were excited and looked forward to this spring when our landscape would explode...
Urea & Ammonium Nitrate – Difference
Q: What is the difference between ammonium nitrate (16-0-0) and urea(45-0-0) besides the amount of Nitrogen? A: Though it doesn’t affect our discussion, I think you have your fertilizer numbers mixed up. Ammonium nitrate is 33 percent nitrogen so the...
Cutworms – Control
Q: Six weeks ago I had twenty pallets of Bermuda sod installed on my new home’s lawn. It was green when they put it down but within two weeks it was all brown. I watered it every day. Yesterday I...
Grass Dying – Why
Q: We have a large spot in our yard where the grass won’t grow. We have Emerald zoysia sod in the rest of the lawn but in this same spot, year after year, the zoysia dies in the winter. What...
Sweetgum – Dropping Limbs
Q: Help! My sweetgum tree is trying to kill me! I have a large tree in the backyard that keeps dropping big limbs. It appears to be caused by the weight of the seed balls. What can I or should...
Fescue Sod- Laying Quickly
Q: I have a friend who purchased 10 pallets of fescue sod 2 weeks ago. She put in 1 pallet the same day. The other 9 pallets were not installed until this past Sunday. The first pallet put down looks...
Sod – Keeping fresh
Q: You mentioned in the gardening magazine that sod should be laid the day it arrives. I was thinking of putting some in a few bare spots, and was wondering how the places that sell just a few square yards...
Whitewash – Making
Q: Call me crazy, but I want to paint the trunks of some trees white for an upcoming party. I have seen trees out in the country that farmers painted white with whitewash. Where can I get whitewash or can...
Epsom Salts – Using on Hydrangea
Q: I’ve been thinking about the notion of applying Epsom salts to hydrangeas to enhance the blue color. Since I have an old box of Epsom salts, I would like to try this, but the word “salt” sent up a...
