Grass Seed and Sod

Sod is the quickest way to achieve an instant lawn. Within 3 weeks after being installed the grass needs to be cut, in about 2 months the lawn has mostly filled in all of the edges where the sod pieces meet. It is basically a full lawn.

Seeding a lawn takes longer to achieve a finished lawn. In about 4 weeks all of the grass seed should have germinated. It will need to be cut about 6-10 weeks after seeding, it takes between 1.5 to 2 years to have a lawn as thick as sod. A seeded lawn is more drought hardy and disease resistant then a sodded lawn. It is advisable to sod lawns and area under 3,00 square feet when they will be watered. The cost saving, versus seeding are not that great and watering these small areas shouldn’t be too difficult.

When lawns are between 3,000 – 10,000 sq ft, you have a choice to make. If you are going to be able to baby the newly seeded lawn for the first year and don’t mind the inconvenience of not being able to have much traffic on these areas for the year, then seeding is by far your best value. If you desire the convenience of an instant lawn, and can afford to invest the money in sod and an irrigation system if necessary, then sod is the choice for you. With any area over 10,000 sq ft seeding is the preferred option due to large cost saving over sod. But this work must be performed either in April, May or in August through Sept for optimum results. Work outside of these time periods is risky due to unpredictable weather.