Landscaping Experts Explain the Benefits of Using Professional Sodding Services
Sodding services offer consumers a quick and easy way to get a lush, green lawn overnight. In this article, Clear Cut Group, landscape maintenance experts in Oakville, explain more about this form of lawn installation and its benefits.
Where to Lay Sod
Knowing where to lay sod is as important as knowing when to lay it. Homeowners should have a bare piece of soil of reasonably high quality. The better condition the soil is in, the easier it is for the sod installation to take root.
What Is Sodding?
Sodding is a lawn replacement technique that involves laying strips of grass with roots all over the bare earth. This shortcut means that homeowners don’t have to worry about seed germination or even seed distribution.
Sodding services offer homeowners an easy way to have a beautiful lawn, irrespective of the current weather conditions.
The Benefits of Sodding
Instant, Fully-Grown Lawn
The sod consists of fully-grown grass, meaning property owners don’t need to wait for seeds to germinate. This cuts around a year off the process of growing the grass naturally, providing instant cover.
Covers Mud
The other disadvantage to planting seeds or even seedlings is that it takes quite some time to bush out. In the meantime, the property owner deals with muddy patches that they must squelch through when going outside.
Parents and people with pets will understand the predicament of having mud tracked into the house.
Looks Better
Even when property owners do everything right, it’s difficult to achieve a uniform lawn. Seeds may germinate at different times or not at all, resulting in a patchy look. In other cases, weeds can creep in and take over.
Sod consists of the best species grown from premium seeds. As it is grown in uniform conditions, it looks even all over.
No Erosion
Another disadvantage of having a patchy lawn is that there are fewer roots to hold onto water. Property owners might, therefore, see rivers of mud draining away, leaving an uneven surface.
Sodding services alleviate this issue because the mats slow down how quickly the water drains away. The grass also provides a physical barrier, absorbing the impact of the raindrops or irrigation system.
Sod, therefore, makes a useful addition to sloped yards. Property owners can place it to help keep a bank in place.
No Steep Learning Curve
In theory, it should be easy to get a beautiful lawn. In practice, however, there are so many factors to consider that it becomes confusing. Every choice a property owner makes, from the type of seed they use to the fertilizer they apply, could result in making a mistake.
Such mistakes might take one or more seasons to fix, especially because it’s difficult to pinpoint the exact error.
Cost-Effective
The costs of seeding, feeding, protecting, and watering lawns add up quickly. What’s worse is that one dry spell or mistake can undo all that hard work. Providing too much of one nutrient might burn the roots, resulting in shriveled plants, while too little can be fatal.
Using sod as a lawn replacement is more cost-effective because there is no trial and error.
Will Work with Bad Soil
While it’s better to lay the sod over good quality soil, property owners can lay it anywhere. They would then need to feed the soil, but the sod firms the ground and prevents erosion in the meantime.
Sod will also work well over soil containing builders' rubble. Property owners should lay a thin layer of topsoil first to ensure that the roots have something to grip. The roots don’t go down as deeply as other plants, so it’s an easy way to cover a bare patch.
Contact the Clear Cut Group for More Information
Clear Cut Group has over ten years of experience serving the Southern Toronto area. Those who want more information on sodding services or to learn more about common sod problems should contact the team in Mississauga by calling (905) 824-6597 or emailing sales@clearcutgroup.ca.
