How to Install Marathon Sod

Marathon sod allows you to completely re-sod your lawn with lush, full swatches of grass, without having to worry about whether you planted the seed properly. Marathon sod takes deep root; five times deeper than blue grass. Marathon sod can also withstand hot climates. Preparing your lawn for your sod, and taking care of it in the first weeks, is a process which must be done properly for best results, but is not a difficult process, as long as you pay proper attention to the sod.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Spray on herbicide
• Sod cutter
• Rototiller
• Dirt rake
• Fertilizer
• Yard roller
• Utility knife
• Sprinkler

1. Remove your old lawn before the sod arrives by spraying the entire lawn with herbicide. A weedkiller will work as the herbicide. Use a sod cutter to cut up the lawn, once the grass is dead and dry.

2. Rototill your lawn to 6 inches deep, and rake with a dirt rake to toss the soil.

3. Spread fertilizer across the entire lawn.

4. Flatten the dirt down using the yard roller.

5. Lay the sod in a staggered arrangement, like the pattern used when laying bricks, to prevent your yard from having a grid of seams.

6. Use the utility knife to cut the sod to fit any curves or hills in the yard. Make sure all pieces of sod lay flat.

7. Roll the yard again. This will help the new sod to help it take hold with the soil.

8. Soak the entire yard immediately after installation.

9. Water the lawn three times a day, in the morning, midday and early in the afternoon for the first week. Stop the midday watering starting in the second week, and stop the afternoon watering after the third week.

References

• ESoils.com: How to Install Sod