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05/15/2007 08:15:18 PM · #1 |
I hope it takes, it was a lot of work.
 
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05/15/2007 08:17:27 PM · #2 |
Prepare yourself for a doozie of a water bill over the next month. Gotta keep that stuff alive. :)
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05/15/2007 08:17:54 PM · #3 |
| Looks good but you really don't expect us to believe that it was a lot of work for YOU do you? :) |
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05/15/2007 08:29:54 PM · #4 |
| oh wow i feel dumb... i completely thought you photoshopped it in inthe first picture lol, the angle made it seem like the same shot lol |
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05/15/2007 08:33:33 PM · #5 |
Originally posted by dudephil:
Looks good but you really don't expect us to believe that it was a lot of work for YOU do you? :) |
Well, a lot of work for the wife. ;-) Luckily we've had some rain, but ya, lots of watering. |
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05/15/2007 08:44:24 PM · #6 |
| Looks pretty good! I just did my yard and my thighs were sore for a day. Its tough work! The lady at home depot told me to water my yard for 30 minutes, 4 times a day. |
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05/15/2007 10:17:36 PM · #7 |
Originally posted by superdave:
The lady at home depot told me to water my yard for 30 minutes, 4 times a day. |
Sure, if you want to kill it with fungus! Home Depot warranties all their plants, so they SHOULD know. But if you water that much, you run the risk of growing a mess of fungus.
Generally, lawns should be watered no more than once per day, preferably in the morning before two hours after sunrise (just before sunrise is O.K.). For newly installed sod, a stress relieving dose of water could be given for a SHORT period of time well before sundown.
Watering as often as three or more times per day will encourage only shallow rooting of the sod. Overwatering will cause the grass to die from fungus as will watering towards the evening, or worse, at night.
Ideally, sod should be well watered before the sun can be magnified through the water drops and then allowed to quickly dry out above ground. The water should drain so that the roots can dry out and then be watered again when it is needed. But only water prior to direct overhead sun and never at night unless absolutely necessary (like when someone forgot to water in the morning and it's definitely needed).
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05/15/2007 10:29:03 PM · #8 |
This bit of information might prove useful Sod Installation Tips
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05/15/2007 10:36:12 PM · #9 |
Sod hates Florida and Florida hates sod. I spent an entire summer laying sod in my side and back gardens 3 years ago. 80% is dead now and I'm thinking of how to put flower and shrub beds in those areas without it looking stupid.
Lawn is a pain in the bum!!
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05/15/2007 10:38:38 PM · #10 |
Originally posted by idnic:
Sod hates Florida and Florida hates sod. I spent an entire summer laying sod in my side and back gardens 3 years ago. 80% is dead now and I'm thinking of how to put flower and shrub beds in those areas without it looking stupid.
Lawn is a pain in the bum!! |
yea put sod in at our house in florida and it didn't do well either. then again we kill everything:) |
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05/15/2007 10:42:37 PM · #11 |
I would have been laying in the back of the lawn unable to get up ...because it felt like my spline just split it two.
It looks awesome, great job.
Message edited by author 2007-05-15 22:44:04. |
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05/15/2007 11:40:46 PM · #12 |
Originally posted by idnic:
Sod hates Florida and Florida hates sod. I spent an entire summer laying sod in my side and back gardens 3 years ago. 80% is dead now and I'm thinking of how to put flower and shrub beds in those areas without it looking stupid.
Lawn is a pain in the bum!! |
Doesn't Florida have that tough grass? is the sod the same type of grass...not like Kentucky Blue, Bermuda grass or the othe soft varieties. Plus...doesn't florida's water have a lot of sulfer? As a Northener I found Florida grass to be oddly different...thick blades in patches. |
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05/16/2007 12:36:15 AM · #13 |
In Oregon we call our grass, Moss. We start it on our roofs, then shovel it down to the yard where it's needed. It's not one of Oregon's export crops though, so you won't see it in a lot of the rest of the country. We grow a different variety on the North side of our trees, but it doesn't make as good of a lawn cover as the roof grown moss does.
;D
Mike
Message edited by author 2007-05-16 00:37:29.
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05/16/2007 12:43:35 AM · #14 |
Originally posted by dsterner:
Originally posted by idnic:
Sod hates Florida and Florida hates sod. I spent an entire summer laying sod in my side and back gardens 3 years ago. 80% is dead now and I'm thinking of how to put flower and shrub beds in those areas without it looking stupid.
Lawn is a pain in the bum!! |
Doesn't Florida have that tough grass? is the sod the same type of grass...not like Kentucky Blue, Bermuda grass or the othe soft varieties. Plus...doesn't florida's water have a lot of sulfer? As a Northener I found Florida grass to be oddly different...thick blades in patches. |
Florida grass sucks. Its thick, nasty, and tough. The only good grass we have around here is the grass on soccer/football fields, which is common grass in all those northern states.
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