HOW TO LAY SOD PROPERLY. Sod Laying FROM start to FINISH

New home? Starting a lawn from scratch? Ready for an instant lawn? Here are 7 tips for your new lawn install.
The lawn has finally arrived (on pallets).The day of installing turf is here and I want to take you through what I do to ensure success. This video will take you through the processes from prep to lay and show you some of the things that I do differently.
1. Topsoil. Make sure you get enough of a layer especially if you are dealing with a contractor grade install. The time to amend is now.
2. Rake Rake Rake. Get it smooth. This is huge. Don't waste your time leveling the lawn later. Do it now.
3. Polymers for water conservation. Do it. You will be happy you did.
soilmoist.com/
4. Pre-treat with fertilizer. I love this and there are many ways to accomplish it. Granular, liquid, whatever you choose will make a difference in establishment. This is also the best time any pH and soil amendments.
5. Source your turf. Call the growers. Dig in for the best success.
6. Lay in a brick pattern and tuck and roll! Don't leave gaps... cmon!
do it right, get it tight!
7. Water. make sure you keep the soil moist 3-34" down and maintain that for the first few weeks, this is vital. soon you can water less and start your regular feeding and mowing.
My first Mow will be in 2 weeks and I can't wait.
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[@TheGreenerLawn]

Not even a min in and my wife has rolled her eyes 😂

[@Lawncology]

Perfectly executed

[@cocoo6848]

So informative. Thank you!

[@Lawncology]

Glad it was helpful!

[@GH-og3gc]

Thank you! This is the best and only video I've found on SOD prep and whole process, with specific tips.

[@thepursuitofgrowth964]

Congratulations on getting the turf laid! Lotta work to get to this point! Thanks for bringing us along.

[@Lawncology]

Thank you

[@Sean-76lt]

That renovation looks amazing! I'll bet it's going to be great sitting back, having an enriched beverage and taking in the scenery when it's all done.

[@Lawncology]

If it weren’t so Smokey here, I’d be doing that now

[@PacificNorthwestLawns]

Looking good JP. I can't wait for the behind the scenes shenanigans that actually went on. 🤪

[@Lawncology]

Coming soon

[@docsteve309]

Congrats John!👏👏…lookin sweet!..Lawncology 👑..☮️👍

[@Striperman]

Congrats John. Laying is always fun and what follows is even better 🤔🤣. Looking forward to part 2 . Great start too 👍💚🦸

[@Lawncology]

Lol. Get ready.

[@nathanbuttorff5418]

Good to finally see some green back in your lawn. Looking good!

[@Lawncology]

It feels so good to be back on the lawn and now I get to fix all the problems 😂

[@trevormuggeridge4560]

First Aussie 😁. First Aussie 😁. Coming along nicely John, you’re home lawn is going to look great once established. 😎👍👍

[@Lawncology]

For sure. Wait til you see the “reality” vid

[@scottgieringer8589]

Green side up always. Good to see u going after it

[@Lawncology]

Totally

[@edmora7662]

Exciting times JP. We’re looking forward to what’s to come.

[@Lawncology]

It’s come a long way

[@khalilw.2318]

Nice and detailed video. Thanks for the help

[@Danielita.]

Thank you for the tips! We have a new construction home and this helped a lot!

[@steelball6543]

Excellent delivery of important information

[@grass-patch]

Long time coming and hellava journey. Looking spectacular John. 👍

[@Lawncology]

The one year progress vid will be fun

[@mikeadams2252]

Good work brother, looks sweet 👍

[@wesleyhamer152]

Looks amazing!

[@Lawncology]

It will. I have some disappoint pieces for sure

[@29Turf]

Looking nice JP...might seem like a long time for you, but that is coming together quickly!

[@waynehayes8237]

Good job.

[@Lawncology]

Thanks Wayne!

[@dzarek1039]

Looking great JP, finally some green! Keep it MOIST :D

[@Lawncology]

Bout time!

[@cannabis1490]

Thanks for sharing. I did my lawn using zoyzia plugs and found the process so much longer...weeds also sprung up like crazy between the plugs - it was alot a work to get rid of the weeds constantly... and it seems like it will take a full year before all the spaces are filled with grass. Your method of laying the rectangle sod seems a better way to slow weeds, and even though its not rooted yet it appears to be finished.... I will adopt your method for the other part of the yard... Very well done video!

[@Lawncology]

Thank you.

[@edzanjero353]

I had landscapers regrade and install new sod, and waiting at least 3 weeks to mow. Big question: how long does it take for the sod roots to start growing into the soil below? I'm at 2 weeks post-install and only seeing a few. I can still pull up edges of the sod.

[@grayfox1100]

Looks great JP! I know you are a bit relieved now...

[@Lawncology]

For sure. It’s coming in nicely. Time to focus on the construction of the green

[@eugenieandrews8874]

Excited to see you have your lawn in. Been fun watching you work with others lawns but also enjoy watching the progress of the same lawn and it's maintenance. The polymer use in lawns is interesting... heard of them more for potted plants. Will the polymer last decades or is it degraded over a few years by microbes? Won't humic acid have a similar effect to increase the soils water holding capacity by flocculating the clay and increasing micropore space? Curious to know does humic acid also increase actual water retention too similar to a hydration surfactant?

[@brandonhyden9454]

All the prep work that went into this. The lawn is going to be amazing. Nice work JP. 👊🏻🔥

[@Lawncology]

It’s been a long journey. Hauled out 320 tons of rock, brought in 300 tons of fill soil

[@JEK]

hot damn sod looks awesome so far!

[@Lawncology]

Wait til you see the next vid 🤪

[@JimmyLewisMows]

What a lay.

[@Lawncology]

Lol

[@bobzilla6618]

Very nice! It's looking good! Glad to see that it looks good after you broke down. I love seeing shenanigans! Bring it on. Never heard about the polymers. That's why I like watching your channel. You're always expanding my knowledge 😁👍

[@Lawncology]

Get ready for the shit

[@mikephillips628]

What specific Polymer did you add to your soil? I see a multitude on the website that you provided.

[@LawnNOrder]

I can’t wait for the inaugural mowing with that awesome hover mower. Sharpen those blades buddy.🤣

[@Lawncology]

Bwahahaha

[@johnkaneiii9167]

Looking good Johnny!!👍👍😁

[@Lawncology]

Holy shit! How you doing man!?

[@johnkaneiii9167]

@@Lawncology Dude I'm working so much I have no time for anything, but my lawn is mint thanks to Green County Fert and you of course!!

[@johnkaneiii9167]

I get all THE Unicorn piss, lol 😂🤣from LCN YARD MASTERY

[@Lawncology]

@@johnkaneiii9167 I’m so happy to hear from you

[@johnkaneiii9167]

@@Lawncology yes thanks we have to stay in touch, your 0 0 31 is awesome for heat stress great product thanks!!👍👍 for making it!!

[@Max-vp6rq]

Very interesting this hydrogel polymer. Could I mechanically aerate the lawn and meticulously put some powder in every holes?

[@Lawncology]

You could but it will swell out

[@brianaustin8136]

I never knew there was such a thing as polymer injection in the soil, I always wondered if anyone ever tried doin a sub-soil irrigation system almost like a drip system but buried under the turf.

[@Lawncology]

There WAS such a thing. The company involved in the machines went under many years ago. It was very cool though. I did many many acres between here and Nevada and the result was always the same: better turf, less water.

[@tonybowman32]

What kind of grass did you put down?

[@johnroberts1509]

You may have said in an earlier video, but what type of turf did you put down? Thanks! I really enjoy your videos.

[@Lawncology]

80/20 kbg/rye. I’m seeding through with RPR as well.

[@buds.8645]

Considering your subsoil conditions, I would have added a lot of peat moss and compost. Probably would have added a good amount of biochar and a flood of humic acid. Would I have made a mistake?

[@Lawncology]

Maybe, maybe not. I kind of like starting with native and going at it over time. However: the soils is a clay loam, high CEC. It can take a lot.

[@kensurratt3045]

Where has content like this gone?

[@Lawncology]

Just waiting on winter to end

[@johnfetter3252]

Loved the video John. Unrelated to the video, are you considering solar panels on the roof of the office structure?

[@Lawncology]

I have considered that for sure

[@ferniec6004]

@Lawncology “The mountain man finally has a lawn to play on. Congrats bro! What kind of beverage was enjoyed after the lay 😉?”

[@Lawncology]

Beer was flowing.

[@ferniec6004]

@@Lawncology only way to do it.

[@BermudaBrian]

You know a helluva lot more than me. So, I'm asking vs one of those, "I know better in the form of a question". Why didn't you put any humic and carbon down b4 sod? Bc of the quality of the topsoil?

[@Lawncology]

That is a great question and you’ll see that upcoming on the next project. For this, I’m starting it from “scratch” as they say. Only doing a top down method. The green will be different. I am going to send the soil off for testing shortly, a couple weeks or so before I feed it topically. By that time the light dose I sprayed on the soil will have moved on. Then we start the top down process.

[@MostlyAmy]

Hey John! The Soil Moist polymer is really interesting. I'm going to be getting Bermuda sod down in FL. Would spreading it on top of the soil be ok, or does it need to be tilled in? Thanks!

[@Lawncology]

Do not apply to the top. Needs to be underground

[@MostlyAmy]

@@Lawncology thanks for replying. Sorry I meant could I do soil, polymer, sod? Or does the soil and polymer need to be mixed.

[@Lawncology]

@@MostlyAmy I would mix it down

[@Coop_23]

Can you do the prep one weekend and lay the sod the next? or is it best to just do it all at once?

[@Lawncology]

You can of course. The longer your prepared soil sits, the higher chance of weeds slipping in

[@rcolson74]

Looks great! What grass type and didn’t you mention a putting green at some point along the way?!?

[@Lawncology]

Construction on the green starts in a couple weeks.

[@rcolson74]

@@Lawncology awesome, can’t wait to see it all come together

[@bryanhiebert1]

You but orbeez in your lawn?

[@ColeSpolaric]

I've heard that the polymers become toxic when they break down after a few years... What's the truth behind this?

[@Lawncology]

Carbon dioxide and water. They just melt out.

[@marshallhoux7987]

Let the games begin oh did the truck survive after the over heating on the pass

[@Lawncology]

We will have to see

[@dylan8285]

So whats the Sod? Kbg mix or a Kbg and rye? Dont think I heard you mention it

[@Lawncology]

80/20 kbg/rye. I’m seeding through with RPR as well to go a little more rye concentration.

[@dylan8285]

@@Lawncology Nice thanks. I assume your putting rye for the color

[@Lawncology]

@@dylan8285 yes and texture. I like the additional softness and sheen it adds

[@user-hz2lg1ld8g]

Is it ok to lay sod in 116 degree weather? I’m in Arizona. Thanks

[@Lawncology]

@@user-hz2lg1ld8g water the snot out of it

[@user-hz2lg1ld8g]

@@Lawncology I’m thinking I should wait until temperatures drop to the 80’s. It’s pretty brutal out here in the summers. The landscaping company I hired was supposed to lay the sod in April,but things didn’t work out. They want to do it now, but I’m worried about the high temperatures. Thank you

[@lawn2learn]

Looking good is that a Zoysia?

[@Lawncology]

Kbg and rye

[@PacificNorthwestLawns]

First... again

[@Lawncology]

LOL you must be bored.

[@PacificNorthwestLawns]

@@Lawncology lol. Rendering a video and saw the notification immediately. 😁

[@ayy1n]

How’s it going

[@Lawncology]

Great day to be alive brother

[@yardsdoneright3919]

KBG or tttf?

[@Lawncology]

Kbg

[@jackf6622]

Used too much of that polymer stuff and it completely ruined things. It's like jelly under the lawn and when I walk on it ( 3 weeks later) it squishes out...not saying it's bad stuff but use it VERY sparingly... Would have been much better off without it then over doing it and it's very easy to overdo

[@Lawncology]

It is easy to over do. The rate is only a few a pounds per thousand feet and you need to get it down into the soil. It’s a savior for droughts

[@jackf6622]

@@Lawncology definitely need to stress digging it into the soil...anyway, it was first ever lay for me, so I learned

[@richv70]

#buffashell

[@samuelasamoah6906]

Grade A lawn vid

[@Lawncology]

Thank you Sam!

[@steved.5628]

Hopefully you washed everything off one last time with pile a hose…

[@Lawncology]

Lol: of course

[@steved.5628]

@@Lawncology 🤙🏻

[@bostromb]

This video is downright pornographic. 3 inches of new fluffy topsoil? (Cat sound)

[@Lawncology]

Puuurrrr

[@sporty155]

You forgot allot....

[@Lawncology]

I remembered

[@ck17va]

Not a good video. It's literally just you yapping into the camera the whole time. Would have been better to really breakdown the entire process. I didn't learn anything.