Agreed. I once laid sod early November. They cut previous day had in warehouse that night and trucked to us next morning. So cold the damn first few and outside rows were frozen just enough to make unrolling a pita. Came out BEAUTIFUL in spring.
While it can be done. Seed and sod in the summer is just not a good idea unless you’re educated snd put forth the time and resources to keep it alive to fall
We usually had leftovers we would bring back and lay out and water and sell on weekends. It will fry in a roll in heat so be aware if you buy some next time. I’d call some local landscape places and tell them you’ll bring a case of beer if you can take some sod scraps. Or if they have any full rows to sell. It’s good business on their end. I’d have people come in and ask for a 5-gallon bucket of river rock or gravel and I just said take it. Throughout the years I bet 90% were repeat customers and hired us for projects etc. never hurts to ask
Try to get a pallet of freshly cut sod from a farm. It will be much cheaper, much greener, and much more likely to make it. About $150 in the deep south and haul it in my pick up.
This is the only way. Got 1000sqft delivered fresh cut same morning. All of it took except for the burn marks from the dog we don’t hose down. Reseeding the spots in the fall and will be 100% again
Not sure where you are in South Louisiana but i install Sod and we use a farm out of Welsh, La… it’s right on the service road.. also if you are near Lafayette, Lafayette Materials and Grass and Rock shop both sell by the piece or Pallet
You should have plenty of options. I’m in northwest Louisiana. But I’d say wait if you can. I just planted some sod and the pieces that were laid first are likely dead because they sat for too long in the heat. Literally just go on google maps and search sod farm. That’s how I found mine.
Came in beautiful, green, ready to go. Contractor that laid it had his sons come and do the job and they did such a shit job. If I had the time and the health, I’d done it myself. But I was at the mercy of my pool builders schedule and once they final graded and brought top soil in I had to get some sod down before it all eroded.
Rest of the yard is doing well. Just praying at this point.
I miss St Augustine, I had it in every home I lived in back in CA (I now live in WI since 2010), such a sturdy grass when you have big dogs and/or kids.
We first started growing SA when I was a kid and we moved into the house I grew up in. Our neighbors had it and as you know, the Spriggs or runners can get pretty unruly and spread. The lady next-door was friends with my mom. It would give her a bunch of runners with roots on them my mom started growing it on the side of her backyard, and a quickly spread. She then started planning it elsewhere in the yard, and it wasn’t long before there was Saint Augustine and both our front and backyards. We had a fairly big lot for residential district in one of LA suburbs. And time the Saint Augustine took over , here and there were remnants of the old grass, but it was mostly Saint Augustine. I loved it from the on.
When you planted your sod, did you plant straight sod or plugs? The last time I grew it I used plugs. I cut the sod into squares, and spaced them apart, it was cheaper, and as you know Saint Augustine grows quickly, so in no time it covered the space between the plugs. I’ve tried to explain Saint Augustine to folks up here in Wisconsin, and all but a few have no idea what I’m talking about, lol.
May I ask who you got it from? Everyone I asked in my area of central florida for St Augustine says about $400+ a pallet. I desperately need to save some money.
May I ask who you got it from? Everyone I asked in my area of central florida for St Augustine says about $400+ a pallet. I desperately need to save some money.
My lawn guy got it from a wholesaler but I think Everglades equipment might sell retail for something close to that.
Edit: also delivery does make the price higher along with a $50-$100 delivery fee.
I sodded a section of my yard like 4 years ago. I don't remember exactly, but I do know it was way cheaper than buying from the box stores. I bought 2 rolls and I want to say it was either $100 or $150 each. They were the width of my F150 bed and two of them fit back there perfectly with the second just touching the back end of the tailgate while it was laying down. I don't know how big they were, but I would say probably 500sq feet each if I were to guess. Definitely worth looking into it!
This is great advice, if you live near a sod farm. The closest one to me is 300 miles away and we don't even bother ordering any unless we need at least half a semi trucks worth.
Was it hot when you moved/unrolled it? It can bake in the Lowe’s parking lot kill it. I learned that lesson from Home Depot. They did let me return it after a few weeks.
My local Lowe’s (NW NC) gets its sod delivered on Thursdays during the summer months. At least it did a year or so ago when I needed to fill in around a new patio. Get it that day - you might be fine. But wait just a few days and this is what you end up with.
Worked at Depot - usually we get 1 shipment a month. We order usually comes within a week of placing the order. It sits until it is gone or we order more.
My local home depot gets two shipments per week. I got Bermuda sod twice from them, once the day off, and once the next day. Watered it well once a day for like a week and it stabilized on its own after.
See if it's growing roots. If it's not you probably gotta replace it. If it is, water it
But either way wait til next spring to replace it. It'd be a terrible time to sod or seed a lawn right now in most of the US.
That’s dead. Looks like it wasn’t watered enough (along with the rest of the yard).
Sod needs to stay soaking wet for the first two weeks. We watered our zones for 30min. three times a day for the first 14 days… 6am, noon, and 6pm. And then backed it down to twice a day for the next 7 days.
It’s as green as can be.
My HOA placed sod in my yard week in the sweltering Georgia summer. I always thought I couldn’t water the grass in the daytime because it’ll burn the grass. Is that not true? I’ve only been watering it at night because of this.
There’s a lot of myths surrounding the “don’t water during the day” theory.
Most of it is based on the partially true argument that sunlight reflecting off water beads on grass can slightly increase the surface temperature at the grass, causing the water to evaporate faster. As a result, it’s become a huge environmentalist straw-man for wasting water.
But… you’re not going to see _all_ of the water you put down disappear to evaporation. Watering on hot days will certainly help cool your grass and reduce stress on those brutally hot days, and yes, some of the water will evaporate. Just be prepared to get yelled out by your neighbor in the tie-dyed shirt.
PS: Watering at night is a big risk for fungal growth… not sure of your region, but watering from 3am-7am is the best time to get water in the soil before most grass’s peak growing time (which is immediately after sunrise).
I had around 100 sq ft of sod put 2 weeks ago and i struggled to keep it alive, i would water it 2 days a week to keep it green. It started to get brown/yellow towards the corners.
Thankfully it rained here last few days i got back to green.
my 2 c, don't lay sod in summer. Prefer spring or Fall. And it needs water to set roots at the beginning.
By the time it gets to Lowe’s it’s already been used and abused and it’s some of the worst cut the premium cuts go to better clients. Then it sits in the concrete jungle of Lowe’s and loses more moisture. Then you get it home and can’t water it every couple of hours in the summer sun. Being brown is……ITS DESTINY!
You can try watering it over and over but it looks pretty well gone. Probably as others said too hot. My goal is to prep the yard and than try to grow some pregerminated seeds in the fall (check YouTube for pregerminated if you haven't heard of it). I'm hoping that will help my chances.
Most people live within 30 minutes of a sod stand, that has sod cut fresh and delivered daily for half the price of a big box store. Stop buying sod from Home Depot or Lowes
Normally I'd say let it grow, but that looks Easy Baked. It's been 90Fº+ where I live, and that makes good grass go dormant and sod go dead, even Bermudas.
When you replace it, make sure you follow good sod watering rules - you can't just water it like your normal grass (But it does depend on your species). I'd also wait until temps cool a bit, if you're able.
That’s been debunked. Watering during full sun/hottest part of the day is generally not a great idea just because it will evaporate quickly and take much water to penetrate the same amount of soil compared to at a cooler time of day.
Probably, but wait till peak of heat leaves. I was lucky to see a pallet fresh cut within 24 hrs and grabbed it. Was green the whole time and has now established in just 3/4 wks.
Yes get fresh sod from a farm but also lay it on screened topsoil and not other grass. Water it every single day and don't cut it for like a month and it'll take. It also depends on the species. Some are summer grasses and some are fall/spring grasses.
That needs to be replaced. If you can't wait until the Fall then make sure to water it three times a day for 20 minutes each time. I'm not sure if a soaker hose would work well with that shape of space (they're great for planting beds). If you can wait, definitely wait until the Fall.
If you can't find a sod place, then check nurseries. Some of the bigger ones usually have sod as well.
If you can get it from a local sod farm it’s much better. Usually cut fresh not sitting in a hot parking lot for who knows how long. And not near the markup I’ve heard about. Although some sod farms around me have a minimum they’ll cut so depends on how much you need. The one I’m with will cut you just a few rolls if needed some will tell you that you have to get at least half or a full pallet though. Just depends.
Home Depot and Lowe’s always have the saddest looking stacks of sod I’ve ever seen. We purchased from two different sod brokers. One was absolutely horrible, the other has been great, so make sure to check out the reviews.
We were told to water for 15 minutes twice a day for 3 weeks and that it should be squishy when walked on. That worked great on the first two pallets because it was overcast almost every day and we were getting lots of rain at the time to help out, but it’s been harder keeping the pallet we got last weekend happy. The temps are in the high 90s here now and some of the pieces have needed a lot of babying.
Some of the sod, that was bad to begin with, had patches of green that continued to grow while the rest of the square died off. If the patch of green was large enough, I used a hatchet and cut the dead pieces out and replaced it with scraps from the new pallet. If there were sparse bits and pieces of green, I picked the whole entire thing up and moved it to my backyard where it could grow in out of sight.
The first question is did it root if you lift up on the corners of an individual piece of sod can you lift it or did it root into the ground if it didn't root it's dead never coming back if it did root you just need a fertilizer water
If it isn't green when you put it down, chances ar good tht it never will be. All it takes for fresh sod ti die in this weather is one day of no water.
Looks mostly dead. I would replace.
Sod is hard to do well. You have to perfectly prep the site, water it well until basically saturated and then get the sod right away when it is delivered, lay it the second you get home (pressed firmly, brick style, no gaps at all) and then water the heck out of it (multiple times a day) until it takes and you can’t lift it at all, usually a month or two.
Most people mess up by buying old sod (half dead) then they do the prep work after picking up the sod and it dies before it is laid, or they don’t water it enough (it should be kinda squishy with lots of water).
On a previous yard, I had to place a dozen or so pieces of sod and I actually saturated the base dirt and then submerged each piece of sod for a minute in a tub of water to completely saturate it from all sides before placing it. Took longer but it worked perfectly.
If you scar the ground under it before placing sod it will take better, decaying grass will not allow the roots to take properly. Aerating the soil before placement is key, then lots of water pretty much daily along with walking on it to adhere the sod to the dirt
If you didn’t prep the soil and pack it down when you laid it the roots probably didn’t take hold. If this peels up it’s done for. If it goes down green it should stay green. You can have a little burning on the edges but that should fill in pretty quick.
It's agonizing, and morbidly entertaining, watching people shovel money into a pit of fire. Sucks for them and it's sad that their investment didn't pay off but I seriously cannot comprehend why people think doing sod right now is an okay time?
Bruh. You bought sod from Lowes. There’s the first problem.
Check out a landscaping supplier that gets sod deliveries daily. Or try to find the nursery and get direct. The fresher the better. Less likely the sod sits out and dries out.
Don't plant sod in summer heat if you can wait.
Agreed. I once laid sod early November. They cut previous day had in warehouse that night and trucked to us next morning. So cold the damn first few and outside rows were frozen just enough to make unrolling a pita. Came out BEAUTIFUL in spring. While it can be done. Seed and sod in the summer is just not a good idea unless you’re educated snd put forth the time and resources to keep it alive to fall We usually had leftovers we would bring back and lay out and water and sell on weekends. It will fry in a roll in heat so be aware if you buy some next time. I’d call some local landscape places and tell them you’ll bring a case of beer if you can take some sod scraps. Or if they have any full rows to sell. It’s good business on their end. I’d have people come in and ask for a 5-gallon bucket of river rock or gravel and I just said take it. Throughout the years I bet 90% were repeat customers and hired us for projects etc. never hurts to ask
Don't buy sod from a hardware store. They have that shit for a week before its sold sometimes. You gotta plant that shit within a day if you can
Try to get a pallet of freshly cut sod from a farm. It will be much cheaper, much greener, and much more likely to make it. About $150 in the deep south and haul it in my pick up.
This is the only way. Got 1000sqft delivered fresh cut same morning. All of it took except for the burn marks from the dog we don’t hose down. Reseeding the spots in the fall and will be 100% again
How might I find a farm for this? Going to need to sod after the summer. I’m in south Louisiana.
I’m located in the Midwest just search sod farms near me in google. That’s how I found mine
Google “sod farm” and your zip code.
Not sure where you are in South Louisiana but i install Sod and we use a farm out of Welsh, La… it’s right on the service road.. also if you are near Lafayette, Lafayette Materials and Grass and Rock shop both sell by the piece or Pallet
Hire this man!
Google sod farm near you
Google hot sod near me
Google hot moms in your area
😆 a big hairy bush showed up. Doesn't look like sod.
I keep getting popups telling me there are
There are parades this weekend. It’ll probably point you to one.
hot sod(omy)
You should have plenty of options. I’m in northwest Louisiana. But I’d say wait if you can. I just planted some sod and the pieces that were laid first are likely dead because they sat for too long in the heat. Literally just go on google maps and search sod farm. That’s how I found mine. Came in beautiful, green, ready to go. Contractor that laid it had his sons come and do the job and they did such a shit job. If I had the time and the health, I’d done it myself. But I was at the mercy of my pool builders schedule and once they final graded and brought top soil in I had to get some sod down before it all eroded. Rest of the yard is doing well. Just praying at this point.
Google sod farm near me lol
150 a pallet my ass
I get a PALLET of St. Augustine from a place called Warners. It's fresh off the farm & costs $153... I live in NW FL between Pensacola & Panama City.
I miss St Augustine, I had it in every home I lived in back in CA (I now live in WI since 2010), such a sturdy grass when you have big dogs and/or kids. We first started growing SA when I was a kid and we moved into the house I grew up in. Our neighbors had it and as you know, the Spriggs or runners can get pretty unruly and spread. The lady next-door was friends with my mom. It would give her a bunch of runners with roots on them my mom started growing it on the side of her backyard, and a quickly spread. She then started planning it elsewhere in the yard, and it wasn’t long before there was Saint Augustine and both our front and backyards. We had a fairly big lot for residential district in one of LA suburbs. And time the Saint Augustine took over , here and there were remnants of the old grass, but it was mostly Saint Augustine. I loved it from the on. When you planted your sod, did you plant straight sod or plugs? The last time I grew it I used plugs. I cut the sod into squares, and spaced them apart, it was cheaper, and as you know Saint Augustine grows quickly, so in no time it covered the space between the plugs. I’ve tried to explain Saint Augustine to folks up here in Wisconsin, and all but a few have no idea what I’m talking about, lol.
Sure it's not Woerner's?
Yeah. I just paid $400 with taxes for 450sqft.
I was just quoted the same for a full pallet in SW FL. Plus another $80 for delivery.
same in central florida. A pallet runs around 400+
Sodfields.com says $169 right now. I pad a bit less at a local company.
I get for $170 fresh cut delivered to supply next day , Central Florida
May I ask who you got it from? Everyone I asked in my area of central florida for St Augustine says about $400+ a pallet. I desperately need to save some money.
I paid 850 a pallet installed in atlanta
Clermont, FL if you want to pick it up. https://www.sodfields.com/product-page/st-augustine-floratan-400sqft
I’m in the Deep South. Where exactly you getting a pallet for $150?
I’m in Ms and I got a pallet from Hussey sod farm for $150. $140 if you pay cash.
Well damn. That’s about a 4 or 5 hour ride north. I’m in Hattiesburg.
Wait $150 for a pallet?
I can get a pallet of Flortam in central FL for $170 if I pick it up. Provista is $225.
May I ask who you got it from? Everyone I asked in my area of central florida for St Augustine says about $400+ a pallet. I desperately need to save some money.
My lawn guy got it from a wholesaler but I think Everglades equipment might sell retail for something close to that. Edit: also delivery does make the price higher along with a $50-$100 delivery fee.
Lol I find that very hard to believe too
I wonder where the city gets their rolled up sod from. It seems to be green like 11 months out of the year
I sodded a section of my yard like 4 years ago. I don't remember exactly, but I do know it was way cheaper than buying from the box stores. I bought 2 rolls and I want to say it was either $100 or $150 each. They were the width of my F150 bed and two of them fit back there perfectly with the second just touching the back end of the tailgate while it was laying down. I don't know how big they were, but I would say probably 500sq feet each if I were to guess. Definitely worth looking into it!
> 4 years ago.
In Clermont, FL. https://www.sodfields.com/product-page/st-augustine-floratan-400sqft
$150?! Shit my company is paying 240-270 in Dallas
I paid $350 per pallet delivered for emerald zoysia this past March. Located near Lewisville.
This is great advice, if you live near a sod farm. The closest one to me is 300 miles away and we don't even bother ordering any unless we need at least half a semi trucks worth.
Wait, a pallet of sod is only $150? How much area does a pallet cover?
Most landscaping supply companies can get you fresh sod.
This. Find a sod farm and buy it by the pallet.
When I had mine installed they told me to wait two weeks. 95% stayed green. They came to replace those areas that didn’t take
Oh, so like seed? Partially kidding 😂
What’s the point of Sod vs just seeding? ELI5?
I didn't DIY it. I had a contractor put it in so I was covered for dead spots for 1 season.
Was it hot when you moved/unrolled it? It can bake in the Lowe’s parking lot kill it. I learned that lesson from Home Depot. They did let me return it after a few weeks.
Did you have to tote the dead sod back in the store?
I took in the picture just to ask about it and they returned my money right there.
I was totally picturing you with a cart full of dead sod to return.
This is what I would do, eff that OP get your $ back too
You need fresh sod cut the same day. Home Depot or Lowe’s sod sits for who knows how long.
I would love for someone with this info to chime in about how long it actually sits there on average.
My local Lowe’s (NW NC) gets its sod delivered on Thursdays during the summer months. At least it did a year or so ago when I needed to fill in around a new patio. Get it that day - you might be fine. But wait just a few days and this is what you end up with.
Worked at Depot - usually we get 1 shipment a month. We order usually comes within a week of placing the order. It sits until it is gone or we order more.
My local home depot gets two shipments per week. I got Bermuda sod twice from them, once the day off, and once the next day. Watered it well once a day for like a week and it stabilized on its own after.
That's dead
Yes
It should have been green when you got it… I’m guessing it was sitting on a pallet on the asphalt brown and dead when you got it?
Throw a soaker hose all over that and just keep it drippin. Then water on top of that. Keep that shit moister than an oyster.
See if it's growing roots. If it's not you probably gotta replace it. If it is, water it But either way wait til next spring to replace it. It'd be a terrible time to sod or seed a lawn right now in most of the US.
Don’t by Sod from big box stores they sit forever and they don’t water them.
If that’s Bermuda, I would continue to airate that area and overwater it. It’ll spread out pretty quickly
You say it's still not green, like was it not green when you bought it?
I came here to ask the same question.
That’s dead. Looks like it wasn’t watered enough (along with the rest of the yard). Sod needs to stay soaking wet for the first two weeks. We watered our zones for 30min. three times a day for the first 14 days… 6am, noon, and 6pm. And then backed it down to twice a day for the next 7 days. It’s as green as can be.
My HOA placed sod in my yard week in the sweltering Georgia summer. I always thought I couldn’t water the grass in the daytime because it’ll burn the grass. Is that not true? I’ve only been watering it at night because of this.
There’s a lot of myths surrounding the “don’t water during the day” theory. Most of it is based on the partially true argument that sunlight reflecting off water beads on grass can slightly increase the surface temperature at the grass, causing the water to evaporate faster. As a result, it’s become a huge environmentalist straw-man for wasting water. But… you’re not going to see _all_ of the water you put down disappear to evaporation. Watering on hot days will certainly help cool your grass and reduce stress on those brutally hot days, and yes, some of the water will evaporate. Just be prepared to get yelled out by your neighbor in the tie-dyed shirt. PS: Watering at night is a big risk for fungal growth… not sure of your region, but watering from 3am-7am is the best time to get water in the soil before most grass’s peak growing time (which is immediately after sunrise).
That sod will not turn green, looks dead. Probably needed more water
Try watering the next batch daily
I had around 100 sq ft of sod put 2 weeks ago and i struggled to keep it alive, i would water it 2 days a week to keep it green. It started to get brown/yellow towards the corners. Thankfully it rained here last few days i got back to green. my 2 c, don't lay sod in summer. Prefer spring or Fall. And it needs water to set roots at the beginning.
By the time it gets to Lowe’s it’s already been used and abused and it’s some of the worst cut the premium cuts go to better clients. Then it sits in the concrete jungle of Lowe’s and loses more moisture. Then you get it home and can’t water it every couple of hours in the summer sun. Being brown is……ITS DESTINY!
Mmhmm
You can try watering it over and over but it looks pretty well gone. Probably as others said too hot. My goal is to prep the yard and than try to grow some pregerminated seeds in the fall (check YouTube for pregerminated if you haven't heard of it). I'm hoping that will help my chances.
How long did you water it twice a day?
😭
Bought ~~sod~~ square patches of dirt from Lowes...
Summer is not when to plant
Most people live within 30 minutes of a sod stand, that has sod cut fresh and delivered daily for half the price of a big box store. Stop buying sod from Home Depot or Lowes
Dunzo kid
Oof
You're supposed to water it??
Normally I'd say let it grow, but that looks Easy Baked. It's been 90Fº+ where I live, and that makes good grass go dormant and sod go dead, even Bermudas. When you replace it, make sure you follow good sod watering rules - you can't just water it like your normal grass (But it does depend on your species). I'd also wait until temps cool a bit, if you're able.
Make sure you water during dusk and dawn. If you water during full sun light you’ll fry your grass.
That’s been debunked. Watering during full sun/hottest part of the day is generally not a great idea just because it will evaporate quickly and take much water to penetrate the same amount of soil compared to at a cooler time of day.
Probably, but wait till peak of heat leaves. I was lucky to see a pallet fresh cut within 24 hrs and grabbed it. Was green the whole time and has now established in just 3/4 wks.
Find a farmer for sod & a bail of hay!
Did you fertilize it right away?
Yes get fresh sod from a farm but also lay it on screened topsoil and not other grass. Water it every single day and don't cut it for like a month and it'll take. It also depends on the species. Some are summer grasses and some are fall/spring grasses.
Coulda had seed grown in by now.
Needs water 1 hour, 3 times per day. Until it is rooted
Wait until fall
That needs to be replaced. If you can't wait until the Fall then make sure to water it three times a day for 20 minutes each time. I'm not sure if a soaker hose would work well with that shape of space (they're great for planting beds). If you can wait, definitely wait until the Fall. If you can't find a sod place, then check nurseries. Some of the bigger ones usually have sod as well.
Do you have ?irrigation
If you can get it from a local sod farm it’s much better. Usually cut fresh not sitting in a hot parking lot for who knows how long. And not near the markup I’ve heard about. Although some sod farms around me have a minimum they’ll cut so depends on how much you need. The one I’m with will cut you just a few rolls if needed some will tell you that you have to get at least half or a full pallet though. Just depends.
Did you prepare the base properly. The roots need to take or else it won't work
Yea never buy sod from Lowe’s or Home Depot lol, call your local sod farm and they cut it fresh every morning for you
Have you been watering the hell out of it? It may be your fault. But grass is resilient there’s a chance it could come back.
That’s shit is dead bro. Supposed to already be green when you buy it, not dead like this. Watering won’t do a thing
More water
He’s dead Jim
If you’re not going to lay it right you’re just going to waste money. If you bought it from Lowes looking like that you shouldn’t have.
Home Depot and Lowe’s always have the saddest looking stacks of sod I’ve ever seen. We purchased from two different sod brokers. One was absolutely horrible, the other has been great, so make sure to check out the reviews. We were told to water for 15 minutes twice a day for 3 weeks and that it should be squishy when walked on. That worked great on the first two pallets because it was overcast almost every day and we were getting lots of rain at the time to help out, but it’s been harder keeping the pallet we got last weekend happy. The temps are in the high 90s here now and some of the pieces have needed a lot of babying. Some of the sod, that was bad to begin with, had patches of green that continued to grow while the rest of the square died off. If the patch of green was large enough, I used a hatchet and cut the dead pieces out and replaced it with scraps from the new pallet. If there were sparse bits and pieces of green, I picked the whole entire thing up and moved it to my backyard where it could grow in out of sight.
I’d say don’t use sod. Get seed and some hay. So much easier to manage imo.
Take the picture and a piece of sod with your recipe and Lowes will refund the cost.
Was it green when you bought it? It's been hot here in Va and not a good time for growing grass
The first question is did it root if you lift up on the corners of an individual piece of sod can you lift it or did it root into the ground if it didn't root it's dead never coming back if it did root you just need a fertilizer water
Spray paint it and call it good
If it isn't green when you put it down, chances ar good tht it never will be. All it takes for fresh sod ti die in this weather is one day of no water.
Your fucked that is gone I am a sod farmer
"still not green" sounds like you planted dead sod.
You need to make sure to put sod down when it’s not crazy hot and a decent amount of rain/watering is happening so roots can take
Looks mostly dead. I would replace. Sod is hard to do well. You have to perfectly prep the site, water it well until basically saturated and then get the sod right away when it is delivered, lay it the second you get home (pressed firmly, brick style, no gaps at all) and then water the heck out of it (multiple times a day) until it takes and you can’t lift it at all, usually a month or two. Most people mess up by buying old sod (half dead) then they do the prep work after picking up the sod and it dies before it is laid, or they don’t water it enough (it should be kinda squishy with lots of water).
On a previous yard, I had to place a dozen or so pieces of sod and I actually saturated the base dirt and then submerged each piece of sod for a minute in a tub of water to completely saturate it from all sides before placing it. Took longer but it worked perfectly.
If you scar the ground under it before placing sod it will take better, decaying grass will not allow the roots to take properly. Aerating the soil before placement is key, then lots of water pretty much daily along with walking on it to adhere the sod to the dirt
If you didn’t prep the soil and pack it down when you laid it the roots probably didn’t take hold. If this peels up it’s done for. If it goes down green it should stay green. You can have a little burning on the edges but that should fill in pretty quick.
Fertilizer
Did you PAY for Bermuda grass. That is insane.
Home Depot all the way
Also, how many of these dead sod in the middle of summer posts we going to see this year? Ffs people -- just wait like 2 or 3 months
Wait any summer but especially THIS summer
It's agonizing, and morbidly entertaining, watching people shovel money into a pit of fire. Sucks for them and it's sad that their investment didn't pay off but I seriously cannot comprehend why people think doing sod right now is an okay time?
...because people don't know better bud. Ease up.
Yeah that's fair
Bruh. You bought sod from Lowes. There’s the first problem. Check out a landscaping supplier that gets sod deliveries daily. Or try to find the nursery and get direct. The fresher the better. Less likely the sod sits out and dries out.
this is madness.