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Tips on laying st. Augustine
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Originally posted by LlanoHunter10 View PostIt's all about how you prepare your soil. If you have time spread a 1/2 inch thick layer of a good quality compost. Lay sod on top and water water water!!! Due to the heat of the day you need to water at least every morning and night for half hour each. If sod doesn't get enough water roots cannot get established. Compost foundation will give it nutrients it needs to stay healthy thru summer.Originally posted by TeamAmerica View PostStagger the seams. Buy some sand and mix with top soil to fill in any natural gaps. It will keep it from drying out the sides and roots. The roller from HD fills with water and will be a huge help in getting it level.
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Some jobs are best left to professionals.
So I'm guessing the OP is under 40 years of age?
Good Luck,
as mentioned, fill in all cracks and water twice a day for a couple of weeks then once a day. Roots are not deep or established initially so twice a day for 30 minutes as stated should do it. Too much water will kill it, as well fertilizing too early, don't ask how I know.
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My wife and I laid 15 pallets at our previous house. Killed everything that was currently there, waited 2 weeks, tilled and leveled the entire yard. Worked from the house out so we didn’t block access to the house. Kinda like painting yourself into a corner.
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Originally posted by shiner78 View PostHouse to curb? I was told curb to house. No?
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I scraped my old weed/grass off with the FEL on my tractor.I do not have any implements at home for the tractor so I rented a rear tine and I tried to loosen the soil day before the sale at Sutherlands and that was a fail, ground was too hard. I bought 5 pallets of St Augustin florotam(sp?) and my son, my self and my sons friend helped. We laid it one day. Took me 2 weeks to recover, I was hurting. Anyways, my point is I did not have time to prep the right way but its growing fine. After getting it laid I poured the water to it, rolled it with my zero turn. I did curb to the house
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