Archive for the ‘Sod- Orlando’ Category

It’s Spring Time in Florida

Yep, it’s time to wake up your sprinkler system from its winter slumber. Go outside, turn on each zone, and adjust the sprinkler heads accordingly. Replace the leaking heads and minimize overspray. If you are going to replace sod or landscape, make sure you have good coverage. If you are replacing the same thing again, [...]

Plants and Grass Do Not Waste Water, People Do!

Plants and Sod do not waste water, PEOPLE DO! That’s right, most of us waste water.
Last night, temperatures in Orlando dropped to the 40’s. During the month of December, plants and sod need less than 2 inches of water. That’s half an inch of water per week, watering one time per week or less. Most [...]

Properly Watering St. Augustine Grass

St. Augustine grass does not waste water, people do! That’s right, St. Augustine sod does not waste water. Most people set their irrigation controller and forget it until the lawn is dead! Remember, your sod is a living, breathing thing. It gets hot, it gets cold, it gets sick, it gets unhealthy. We can make [...]

Hold On, Just a Little Longer

Everyone wants a new lawn during the summer. Unfortunately, if you too are looking for a new lawn this summer, we have a mutual problem. The problem is NO RAIN! If you have new sod in the Floridian summer and a lack of rain, you’re probably going to have a huge water bill as well [...]

Hot Spots!

Do you have hot spots in your lawn or your landscape? If you do, you may have an irrigation problem, or the wrong sod or plant material has been used.
If you have partial exposure to the sun and/or shade plants in full sun, they will appear to be dry during the Summer. This problem will [...]

Dead Grass

Are you replacing sod again?? If you have to keep replacing sod, you have a sprinkler/ irrigation problem.
Wet Grass does not mean the sprinklers work correctly. A working system is not a good system.
With the water restrictions in place, we need to have efficient irrigation systems.
By having an efficient irrigation system, an even amount of [...]

New Sod?

Do you need new Orlando sodding? Why? Don’t just replace you sod and landscape because it is dead or dying. Try to find out why it is dying. If it is from Pests or disease, why? Is it an irrigation problem, pest control issue, soil conditions or wrong plant / sod in the wrong spot? To [...]