Our blend of fescue and Kentucky bluegrass sod revolutionizes turf with its lush, year-round green, making it perfect for both residential and commercial landscapes. Thriving in cooler climates, this sod is drought-resistant and water-conserving, thanks to its deep roots, ensuring a sustainable and low-maintenance lawn. With half the mowing required, shade tolerance, and complete weed control, our fescue and bluegrass mix allows you to enjoy more time relishing your beautiful outdoor space and less time on upkeep. Choose this durable lawn solution tailored to your needs and set a new standard for your property.
New sod requires more water than an established lawn because its roots need consistent moisture and root growth stimulation needs to occur. Please follow our Watering Guide Recommendations listed below in the downloads section.
If your sod is installed in Spring or Summer, you will need to heavily water until we get to the cooler temperatures of fall. It is imperative the sod is watered per the above instruction guide through the first summer, due to the roots needing to establish enough to obtain its own water source. Most issues with sod are due to inadequate watering.
Avoid walking on your new sod for at least 10 days and keep foot traffic to a minimum for three to four weeks after installation, particularly if conditions are overly dry or wet. Fresh sod needs to establish its roots, and disturbance can affect the success of this process. Typically, full root establishment can take anywhere from a month or longer before we recommend high traffic on the sod. If you must walk on the sod, try to use a different route each time so that you are not treading on the same area. To prevent others from walking on your new lawn, mark a perimeter with stakes and string or tape. Depending on the time of year your sod was installed, it could take several months before we recommend high traffic on the sod.
Fresh sod should not be mowed immediately. You will want to wait at least two weeks before you mow, please make sure the mower deck is on a high setting all the way through fall. If your sod installed in the fall, depending on the growth, you will wait two weeks and mow if necessary. Typically, the sod is dormant in the winter, so wintertime installations would not be mowed until Spring.
Whether we install your sod or you do it, our experts can let you know where to start in the Recommended Schedule For Sod Treatments chart below. You will want to follow what is recommended from us and there forward.
Depending on the time of year the sod was cut will indicate what you need to do and when as far as fertilizing and weed preventers. We don’t want the sod over fertilized as this causes yellow patches in your lawn because the shallow root system of the sod can’t absorb the nutrients, causing nitrogen to leach into the soil. When you do fertilize, you may apply a granular fertilizer with a nitrogen, phosphorous, potassium equal parts mixture following the manufacturer’s instruction. You will want to apply the fertilizer when the ground is dry and spread it evenly over the lawn and water the sod thoroughly after application. Weed preventers should be applied per the manufacturer’s instruction as well.
Helm’s Seeding and Sodding Co., LLC does not endorse any particular products for personal use and can only provide recommendations. However, there are a lot of great programs available for purchase online and locally. These products are easy to use by following the manufacturers instructions and are designed to be purchased and applied based upon the time of season for the area of the country in which the lawn resides. It is important to follow the instructions when applying products as over-applying can harm your lawn.
The sod purchased from Helm’s Seeding and Sodding Co., LLC is a fescue and bluegrass blend and is considered a cold season grass when choosing a lawn program or products.
Grass or sod require adequate sunlight and watering each day. Grass must be treated periodically to prevent fungus, pests, diseases, weeds, and any other factors that could cause harm. This includes ensuring aeration, adequate soil nutrients, soil PH levels and overall soil chemistry optimization are present at all times.
Please return all pallets to the office to avoid a $15 charge per pallet.
Calculate how much turf you need for your next job. Enter the measurements of your space in feet. We'll calculate the square footage and give you an estimate on how many pallets you will need. A full pallet of 50 rolls covers approximately 450 square feet. Please feel free to call (502) 267-1171 with any questions you might have.
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