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Tuesday, May 15, 2007
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Tips For A Rose Room
* Plant hedge roses 2 ft. apart for a fast-growing "wall."
* Pick fragrant roses for focal points because when people
notice a beautiful rose, they then smell it.
* Choose filler plants in contrasting or softer, more
neutral colors.
* Train a climbing rose on an arbor or pergola by planting
with the canes slanting towards the structure.
* For a fabulous rose room on a balcony, plant miniature
roses and compact floribundas.
* White's the right flower color choice in a rose room you
can enjoy both day and night.
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A Lawn in a Day
by Marion Lyons
Don't despair if you've just moved into a new home that has
compacted subsoil where a front lawn should be or if your
old lawn looks like a worn-out rug. The time and effort
required to create a lush green lawn are probably less than
you think. How? By laying sod.
Speed, Selection, and Easy Maintenance
Sod's big advantage over seed is speed. From soil preparation
to final layout, it's possible to install a modest-sized sod
lawn in one day. That's an appealing thought: dust and weeds
in the morning and a green lawn in the evening! Sod has other
features to recommend it, too.
Sure Selection
If you buy sod from a reputable local grower, you are
guaranteed to get a grass that grows well in your area. The
grower may offer several choices, from low to high mainten-
ance, for instance. Also, some improved varieties, such as
'Tifgreen' Bermuda, are available only as sod.
Convenience
You can lay sod at almost any time of year, even when the
ground is slightly frozen or during the heat of summer
(although you'll need to water more in summer). In compar-
ison, only spring and fall offer sufficiently favorable
conditions for sowing most seed lawns, although late spring
is good for seeding heat-lovers such as Bermuda and buffalo
grasses.
Smooth Start
Yes, you'll have to baby a new sod lawn for a couple of
weeks, but that's far less time and effort than for a seeded
lawn. Until new sod establishes roots in the soil, it needs
watering twice a day, and sometimes more often, during hot
weather. In comparison, keeping a newly seeded lawn moist
may require a dozen waterings a day.
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Fewer Weeds
New sod lawns suffer only slightly from weed invasions. Most
soils contain many weed seeds that are just waiting for the
opportunity to grow, and right after you prepare and amend
soil, sow grass seed, and provide water, weed-growth
conditions are perfect. Unless you've taken steps to elimi-
nate or reduce weed seeds in the soil before planting, weeds
may overrun a seeded lawn.
Special Uses for Sod
Sod is especially useful where patches of lawn have become
bare, weedy, or damaged. Winter use of street salt in north-
ern regions is one major cause of damage. After removing the
threadbare turf and preparing the soil for planting, you can
buy a roll or two of sod at a garden center and place it
over the area. Again, a seeded lawn would take several weeks
to fill in and look lush.
If erosion is a problem on a slope, no matter how gentle or
steep the incline, sod is the better option. Its healthy,
heavy root mat will withstand water runoff even before the
lawn is fully established.
Where to Buy Sod
Especially in big cities, retail nurseries or landscape
contractors are the best sources of sod. In some regions,
homeowners can buy directly from a sod farm. Find suppliers
in the yellow pages under "Sod" or "Sod & Sodding Service."
Or ask your garden center for a recommendation.
Tell your dealer or sod farmer about the growing conditions
at your site, such as heavy clay or sandy soil, and the
amount and kind of shade or slope. Given extra site inform-
ation, sod growers can usually provide useful advice to
help you avoid mistakes in either the choice of lawn type
or installation.
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What's the Cost? Save by Installing Sod Yourself
Sod is sold by the square foot or square yard (9 square
feet equal 1 square yard). Plan to pay about 15 to 35 cents
per square foot for sod only; professional installation will
add 30 to 50 percent to the cost.
Bluegrass and hybrid Bermuda grass are usually the cheapest
because they're sold in the greatest quantities. The most
expensive sods are slow-growing, specialty types like
buffalo grass, which runs about 45 cents per square foot,
and bent, which costs about $1.10 per square foot. Many of
those grasses are sold for golf courses or sports fields,
not residential lawns. Generally, growers are very
competitive and sell the same grasses for about the same
price so shop around for the best quality and the best
prices for your area, especially if you're buying from a
retail dealer that marks up the price.
When and How to Plant a Sod Lawn
Sod is heavy. One square foot of it weighs about 4 1/2 to
5 1/2 pounds, or more than 2 tons for a 1,000-square-foot
lawn. Depending upon the size of your lawn, arrange for
helpers, if only to help you lay the sod promptly.
Especially during hot weather, moving the sod quickly from
the delivery pallet to the lawn site so that it doesn't dry
out or begin to biodegrade is important.
Before you buy the sod, till the soil 4 to 6 inches deep.
Remove all debris and large rocks. Have the soil tested by
a county extension office or a private testing service. Add
any amendments the soil test recommends: Organic matter such
as composted fir or pine bark and fertilizer are typical;
other amendments such as limestone (in the East) or soil
sulfur (in the West) may also be necessary. Grade and level
the area to smooth the surface.
In areas where summer droughts commonly occur, you may have
to install a permanent underground sprinkler system before
laying the sod. You can always water the lawn with portable,
aboveground sprinklers, but an underground system is usual-
ly much more efficient and convenient.
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