{"id":19,"date":"2011-06-29T10:35:41","date_gmt":"2011-06-29T10:35:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iscaper.com\/blog\/?p=19"},"modified":"2021-04-11T14:14:50","modified_gmt":"2021-04-11T20:14:50","slug":"sod-soil-preparation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iscaper.com\/blog\/2011\/06\/sod-soil-preparation\/","title":{"rendered":"Sod Soil Preparation"},"content":{"rendered":"

Before planting sod, the soil preparation is an important step in the process. Below I have listed the steps for preparing your yard for sod installation. If you employ these steps before laying your new sod, it will save a number of headaches down the road.<\/p>\n

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  1. Preparing your soil is necessary to establishing a drought-tolerant lawn. Soil preparation can only be done once before laying your sod.<\/li>\n
  2. Clear all weeds and debris from area. (Use Round-Up or other weed killers to remove weeds. Follow all warnings and guidelines on product.)<\/li>\n
  3. Spread at least one 50-lb. bag of BioGrass Sust\u00e5ne\u00ae (4-6-4) per 2,000 square feet.<\/li>\n
  4. Rototill BioGrass Sust\u00e5ne\u00a0 evenly\u00a03 inches deep into existing soil. This is very important to maintaining deep root systems and proper water run-off.<\/li>\n
  5. Level and grade entire area. Soil should be graded to about one inch below concrete.<\/li>\n
  6. Water soil to allow proper settling of ground.<\/li>\n
  7. Rake and level low spots left from soil setting.<\/li>\n
  8. I recommend installing an automated sprinkler system if you don\u2019t already have one before the sod is laid.<\/li>\n
  9. Lightly rake soil before installation to allow proper contact between sod and soil.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Before planting sod, the soil preparation is an important step in the process. Below I have listed the steps for preparing your yard for sod installation. If you employ these steps before laying your new sod, it will save a number of headaches down the road. Preparing your soil is necessary to establishing a drought-tolerant… Continue reading Sod Soil Preparation<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"yasr_overall_rating":0,"yasr_post_is_review":"","yasr_auto_insert_disabled":"yes","yasr_review_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[9,10],"tags":[11,12,14],"class_list":["post-19","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-landscaping","category-sod-care","tag-sod","tag-sod-care-2","tag-soil-preparation","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yasr_visitor_votes":{"stars_attributes":{"read_only":true,"span_bottom":"