2007-04-10 06:24:27 · 6 answers · asked by tinkerbell 4 in Home & Garden ➔ Garden & Landscape
I believe that you need bare soil for laying sod. If you let the old grass trickle through, there will be different kinds of grass, and you can be sure that all the dandelions in creation will come up in the cracks between the sod pieces. !!
Dig it up, and remove the old grass. If you kill it with an herbicide, it will also damage the newly forming roots of the sod. Digging and slicing off the top few inches of lawn is the best way. I think there is a tool in the rental shops that is like a spatula on a motor that will cut under the existing grass and lift it for you. Or did I dream that. Should I invent one??
Good luck
2007-04-10 06:38:48 · answer #1 · answered by thisbrit 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The easiest most effective way, is to spray the entire area you want to sod with roundup. Wait at least a week for all the grass and weeds to die (you don't want any of it growing up through your new sod) then lay your sod and fertilizer. Enjoy your new yard :) Digging all the old grass up would be unnecessarily expensive (It would involve at least a front end loader) and maybe a dozer for leveling. Your old grass is already level and will make a good base after it is dead :)
2007-04-10 06:44:19 · answer #2 · answered by johnkmayer 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can just 'lay' the sod over your old grass, but it can be a 'strong grass' that could grow through the new sod. You would be 'best off' if you dug all of the old grass and laid a proper 'base' where the sod will grow ... and that 'base' depends on what the 'soil content' is where you live. Go to a good 'nursery' near you, and take a sample of the 'soil' and ASK ... and BE SURE that the 'sod' you are laying is 'right' for your area.
2007-04-10 06:37:31 · answer #3 · answered by Kris L 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
to get a good lawn you need to remove the old grass and prepare the soil for the new sod replacing the top soil and mixing in some fertilizer,peet moss and planting te sod as soon as possible so that it doesn't die on you water it well for 2-3 weeks and keep heay traffic off of it
2007-04-10 16:07:35 · answer #4 · answered by thomasl 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Treat the area just like you would do for sowing a new lawn from seed. Dig up soil to loosen, about 6" deep, rake level, remove debris, fertilize and lay the sod and keep watered for at least a few weeks for it to take root.
2007-04-10 06:39:25 · answer #5 · answered by gentleretiredworshipper 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
NO if u have a garden fork you put holes in where you pulled the weeds out and put some grass seeds in then put some soil over then wait a little while then theres your new grass if all the grass has weeds on it then u will have to lift up the old grass
2016-05-17 04:38:18 · answer #6 · answered by liliana 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋