Rolling soil for a new lawn
Rolling soil for a new lawn
preparation for a new lawn
Sod delivered in identify, preparation for new sod installation
Installing new sod
Installing sod instead of seeding a new lawn is a fast and effective way to complete your landscape. You can sod a property almost throughout the entire year in the Vancouver, Lower Mainland.

X pace to installing a new backyard from sod:

  1. Remove the old backyard / weeds / debris. In order to install new sod you should ever have a properly prepared sub base to savor many years of a beautiful backyard. Pulling out all the former lawn surface area, weeds, rocks and debris gives the new sod unimpeded ability to root deep into the soil. Deeper roots in a lawn area will require less watering in the long run. Deeper roots ways more than nutrient availability to the plant. Deeper roots mean less pest infestations. Lets focus on a squeamish make clean slate to install our new lawn upon and reap the rewards by way of a salubrious lawn area for many years to come. To remove the old lawn handy tools include: sod cutter with a wide bract for large areas, motion picture axes, pocket-sized front end loaders to remove the cut out old sod.
  2. Grade the backyard area. This is a very important task and will save y'all from costly drainage repairs in the future. We want a slight slope away from structures or if a slope aways is impossible at least toward a functioning drainage system. We want a by and large apartment surface without humps and bumps. Large area will be impossible to do by hand, employ a bobcat blazon motorcar or if one is non bachelor, a horse with grader.
  3. Add new top soil. Finding a proper soil for new lawns is hard to practise. Y'all want a well draining, properly balance ph, non compaction, loftier nutrient value type soil. Most soils today are not acceptable in my mind for a new lawn area. Wood chips and partially composted materials are a no no. Sand content should exist high, around sixty-70%. I like a piffling peat and other organics mixed in. Order turf blend soil from the states, end of your problem, unless of course you are reading this from outside the Vancouver, British Columbia area. New turf blend soil should be at least 3 inches thick, exceptions are made for locations where the soil quality is practiced such as an old garden expanse or recently installed lawn that was neglected, died and needs replacing. Please follow the new lawn maintenance instructions here.
  4. Last grade the lawn area. Rake and roll, rake and roll, rake and roll. Basically that's it, just practise it a few time unless the soil is fairly meaty and your grade is acceptable. Use a half full roller and a broad landscape rake. Don't roll downwards steep hills where the roller tin get away from you.
  5. Lightly roll and rake once more. Sort of a redundant argument, I just didn't know how to get to 10 steps in this article.
  6. Add a root starter fertilizer. Use a 10-xxx-10 or a high middle number (in a higher place xx), granular course, 2 pounds per grand foursquare feet.
  7. Pull out your sprinkler. Water YOUR NEW SOD As Y'all INSTALL IT. Delight don't look until the very terminate on a warm day, some people are forgetful after a few beers.
  8. Install the sod. Dark-green side up please… Don't overlap, don't go out gaps, unroll the ends, roll downwards hill (not up). Employ a small piece of plywood to step on as to not disturb your grading.
  9. Cutting the sod into place and patch in bare spots. Don't waste matter those ends and scraps, employ them to fill up in areas. Use a sharp knife like a box cutter.
  10. Roll the laid out sod lightly. Roll your new backyard to firmly press the roots to the surface.

Cull a type of sod for your new lawn project

We supply sod throughout Vancouver, Vancouver Island, Whistler and the Okanagan, be sure to select the sod variety that matches your needs:

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