Proper Way of Sprinkling Your Sod

The initial watering a freshly installed sod gets is the most important one it'll ever receive. Begin watering right after you put in the sod. This first watering determines the way the grass plants carry out for the next few years and this is a single product you don't wish to dry out.
Here are some great tips on proper watering:

• Avoid hand sprinkling. You will not be as even and objective in your watering as will an automated sprinkler. You also do not need the patience to wet down each and every blade of grass. Your automatic sprinkler has sufficient patience for both of you.
• After you've watered for an hour, pull back the corner of a section of sod and push a screwdriver (along with other pointed tool) down into the soil. The blade is going in without difficulty. Whenever you pull it out, the blade ought to be moist and show moisture along its first 3 to 4 inches. Or else, keep watering.
• You have to be very sure that water is becoming to all parts of the newly sod lawn. If there is an issue, it is almost certainly to be at the corners and edges where sprinkler patterns don't reach or don't reach well. These areas usually do not acquire as much water as the middle of the sod, so this is where problems occur first. Additionally, areas nearest to the house can generate problems because they dry out faster due to the reflected heat from the home. Watch these areas for drying and provide them extra water.
• Sometimes if the sod is laid on a slope, you will see water run-off before the underlying soil is adequately watered, as measured by your “high-tech” screwdriver water measuring device. If run-off occurs, stop the sprinkler or move it to another area for 30 to 45 minutes. After the water has had a chance to soak in, test it with your screwdriver and start watering again if necessary. You may have to repeat this many times to get a good soaking, especially on a steep slope.
• Keep the soil under the sod wet for at least two weeks to give the new roots an opportunity to permeate and start growing properly.
• After a few days, it is not recommended that you slowly move the corner of the sod back to look into the soil moisture levels. If you slowly move the sod, you will be pulling up newly established roots. Merely stick your screwdriver into the ground and look at the thickness of the sod when assessing the soil moisture levels.
• Water as at the beginning of the morning as possible to consider benefit of the growing cycle. Grass starts to grow very early (immediately after sun up), and if it has adequate water, it will grow faster. You will also save water if you apply it in the early morning.

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