My Lawn Is Sod Instead of True Grass Seed. What Is the Best Way to Keep It Looking Good?
I bought the home 4 yrs ago and whatever I try all of my neighbor’s who don’t have sod have better looking lawns with minimal effort.
I do the Scott’s annual program and fertilize myself. I didn’t aerate the lawn yet, but I will in fall.
Should I hire a company to do everything for me? What can do they that I can’t? Fertilizing is easy.
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Sod is just grass seed sown on compost at a farm. After the seed germinates and comes up, a machine cuts the top 1 inch of soil under the grass and it is hauled to your house and placed on the lawn.
What the neighbors are doing is called "overseeding". Every spring and fall, they scatter new grass seed on the lawn and it fills in the thin and sparse spots.
Just be sure to pick seed that is the same type of grass you have growing. You don’t want blue grass seed growing on a green grass lawn or it will make color spots.