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<blockquote data-quote="druryj" data-source="post: 2796705" data-attributes="member: 10465"><p>About 2 months ago, I bought a bunch of nice sod from Bob Scott Nursery in north OKC to re-do several "bad" areas in both my front and back lawn. I already have a sprinkler system in place. The good folks there told me I didn't need to cut the old grass out, to either just scalp the lawn down really close, or use a garden tiller to prepare the ground for the new grass. So depending on the places I was going to lay the new sod, I did a little of both techniques. Next, I rolled the new sod out and then as I was instructed, watered it in twice a day for a couple of weeks. After 2 weeks, I fertilized it lightly. Bob Scott told me to be carefull with the fertilizer at first or risk burning the new grass up until it had established a root system on its own. It worked out fairly well, and now I have just set the sprinkler system to water the new areas a bit heavier than the rest of the lawn. I have a pretty nice yard now, and I plan to put down a good winterizer type fertilizer, probbbaly Scotts, here in the next week few week so when the lawn comes back in next spring, it is healthy and green. There is one small brown patch in the second pic near the front of the beds closest to the house that I need to repair or maybe seed a bit. You can see some places in the first pic around the tree ring where the guys cut the grass out to pour the concrete borders but that grass will come back fine in time. I despise yardwork, it ranks right up there with helping the wife dust the furniture. I hire a guy to do the mowing, weedeating and edging. I don't mind adjusting the sprinkler system depending on how hot it is and how windy it gets, but that's about as far as I want to go to have a nice lawn.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://s1177.photobucket.com/user/joelnmary/media/new%20curb%20tree%20ring_zpsghpqafxh.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.okshooters.com/data/MetaMirrorCache/i1177.photobucket.com_albums_x354_joelnmary_new_20curb_20tree_20ring_zpsghpqafxh.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a><a href="http://s1177.photobucket.com/user/joelnmary/media/new%20curb%20house_zpsi4kdpatb.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.okshooters.com/data/MetaMirrorCache/i1177.photobucket.com_albums_x354_joelnmary_new_20curb_20house_zpsi4kdpatb.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="druryj, post: 2796705, member: 10465"] About 2 months ago, I bought a bunch of nice sod from Bob Scott Nursery in north OKC to re-do several "bad" areas in both my front and back lawn. I already have a sprinkler system in place. The good folks there told me I didn't need to cut the old grass out, to either just scalp the lawn down really close, or use a garden tiller to prepare the ground for the new grass. So depending on the places I was going to lay the new sod, I did a little of both techniques. Next, I rolled the new sod out and then as I was instructed, watered it in twice a day for a couple of weeks. After 2 weeks, I fertilized it lightly. Bob Scott told me to be carefull with the fertilizer at first or risk burning the new grass up until it had established a root system on its own. It worked out fairly well, and now I have just set the sprinkler system to water the new areas a bit heavier than the rest of the lawn. I have a pretty nice yard now, and I plan to put down a good winterizer type fertilizer, probbbaly Scotts, here in the next week few week so when the lawn comes back in next spring, it is healthy and green. There is one small brown patch in the second pic near the front of the beds closest to the house that I need to repair or maybe seed a bit. You can see some places in the first pic around the tree ring where the guys cut the grass out to pour the concrete borders but that grass will come back fine in time. I despise yardwork, it ranks right up there with helping the wife dust the furniture. I hire a guy to do the mowing, weedeating and edging. I don't mind adjusting the sprinkler system depending on how hot it is and how windy it gets, but that's about as far as I want to go to have a nice lawn. [URL=http://s1177.photobucket.com/user/joelnmary/media/new%20curb%20tree%20ring_zpsghpqafxh.jpg.html][IMG]https://www.okshooters.com/data/MetaMirrorCache/i1177.photobucket.com_albums_x354_joelnmary_new_20curb_20tree_20ring_zpsghpqafxh.jpg[/IMG][/URL][URL=http://s1177.photobucket.com/user/joelnmary/media/new%20curb%20house_zpsi4kdpatb.jpg.html][IMG]https://www.okshooters.com/data/MetaMirrorCache/i1177.photobucket.com_albums_x354_joelnmary_new_20curb_20house_zpsi4kdpatb.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [/QUOTE]
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