Sod is finally in. It took about 2.5 hours to install and it turned out great.
Final grade just before we laid sod…
A few more pictures…the project is getting close to complete. We probably have 4 full days left on the the site. The toughest part of the job so far has been the grading. There are so many slopes and potential wash out areas. I think we are on top of it though.
We have been working on a landscaping project in Draper the last few weeks. We are inching toward completing it each day. All of our employees have put a lot of sweat into this job. So far we have installed about 11 stations, 60 trees, 150 five gallon shrubs, 100 one gallon shrubs and 40 yards of chocolate mulch for the flower beds. I will post more pictures of the flagstone and concrete patios and deck once I get them. It has been a great project for us from start to finish.
Here are a few photos from the job site.
We have a Landscape Construction division to our company and many times we get asked, “how much do we need to water the new sod?” Here are a few tips for watering your new lawn:
Newly sodded lawns require watering one or two times a day. Begin irrigation immediately after laying sod. Plan your sodding operation so that a section of laid sod can be watered immediately, while other areas are being sodded.
Sod should be watered so that the sod strip is wet as well as the top inch of soil below the sod. The first irrigation will take about an inch of water to achieve complete wetting of the sod. After watering, lift up pieces of sod at several locations to determine if it has been adequately irrigated. Continue watering one to two times a day with light irrigations to prevent wilting and to ensure a moist soil just below the sod layer.
As sod becomes established and roots penetrate and grow in the soil, gradually reduce the frequency of watering but wet the soil deeper. After sod has been mowed two or three times, deep, infrequent watering should be practiced. During hot, windy conditions, establishing sod may require several light mistings per day to prevent wilt and potentially high lethal temperatures. In this case, light misting, just to wet the leaf surface and not to supply water to the soil, cools the grass plant as water is evaporated from the leaves.
Do not over-irrigate (saturate) the soil because that will inhibit sod roots from growing into the soil. If the sod cannot be watered on a daily basis, thoroughly water the sod and soil to a depth of 6 inches. This will delay the rooting time of sod but will reduce the chance of rapid drying and severe loss of grass.
