As a residential or commercial property owner in Batavia, Illinois, you long to enjoy your outdoor sanctuary and you want your landscape to look beautiful. Yards in Batavia can thrive in the local climate’s frequent moisture and humidity. However, even the most well-maintained seeded yards can experience problematic issues.
Brown patches, diseased grass, and swampy areas can transform the yard of your dreams into a nightmarish headache. What can you do to prevent these issues? How can you repair soil erosion and avoid other obstacles to an amazing lawn?
The sod installation specialists of Ware Landscaping understand what soil in Batavia needs to remain healthy, and can deftly plant uniform sod to ensure the erasure of any unhealthy areas in your lawn.
DIY sod installation may cause an uneven lawn, and improper implementation may lead to other issues as well, such as a failure of sod roots to take hold in your soil. The right landscaping team can efficiently and expertly lay your sod so that you can enjoy the benefits of your yard.
Sod installation in Batavia
If you’re a property owner that worries about cutting corners to achieve the yard of your dreams, sod actually provides living, thriving grass. In fact, sod has more in common with seeded grass than it does with astroturf.
In Batavia, your yard health and appearance can significantly impact the curb appeal of your property. In turn, your curb appeal directly affects the value of your residential or commercial property.
Landscaping design and implementation can increase your property value by 15% to 20%. However, a neglected landscape can drastically reduce property value. Commercial property owners may find their foot traffic ebbing away and homeowners looking to sell may find their home sitting stagnant on the market.
Sod installation specialists can help you create the easily-maintained yard of your dreams.
The benefits of sod vs seed grass in Batavia
Sod offers many benefits for Batavia property owners that could outweigh its seed grass counterpart. Uneven planting, weeds, a dead or dying lawn, and lengthy wait time could all contribute to a less than ideal outcome of seed grass.
However, sod provides positive results that seed grass may lack. These benefits include:
Sod doesn’t require the same maintenance of seed grass, and saves you long-term care costs
Sod is grown by local farmers, and has reached thriving maturity before its sold to be planted
- Eco-friendly erosion control:
Sod helps to maintain healthy topsoil and prevent soil erosion. This allows plant life to thrive and prevents runoff pollutants from destructively spilling out of your yard and into local ecosystems.
Although your lawn won’t take root away, as soon as you install sod, you have an instant lawn that transforms your yard and landscape appearance
The efficiency of sod to take root in your soil prevents diseased or dying patches of grass from rearing their ugly heads
- Planting in more than one season:
Seed grass requires planting in a very short time-window during the late summer. After planting seed grass, you must wait for 12 months before you see ultimate results.
Sod, on the other hand, can be installed in almost every season. However, if there’s snow on the ground or the ground is frozen, you’ll have to wait until the first thaw in order for its roots to take hold.
- Prevention against flooding and washout:
If you’ve ever experienced flooding or washout on your property, you know how many costly headaches those issues can cause. Sod covers your topsoil, and acts as water runoff control, thereby erasing these issues.
- Purification of air and groundwater:
Sod can help reduce air pollution, convert carbon dioxide into oxygen, purify groundwater supplies, reduce the carbon footprint of lawn mower use, and lower our energy consumption
Sod can take root in and nourish your soil in less than a month. However seed grass can take up to a year before you experience its transformative results.
As sod is pre-grown, it doesn’t allow weeds to take root. However, if your yard is rife with problematic weeds, it’s important to ensure they’re completely gone before you install sod.
What is sod?
Sod is a locally-sourced, farmed, and cultivated grass that is grown specifically to thrive in local climates. The sod you choose to install in Batavia will vary from sod used for Arizona yards.
Sod has an immediate impact on your yard’s appearance, curb appeal, and health, and is available at most home improvement stores and garden centers. Typically, sod is sold in rolls of rich, even, healthy green grass and each roll covers a section of your yard.
Living sod grass comes with its root system still intact. The roots adhere to healthy topsoil, and grow into your soil’s ecosystem. Professional sod installation can help you avoid intense, time-consuming labor and ensure the sod is laid evenly and uniformly.
How often you should water sod
Although you will have to lightly water your lawn after sod installation, sod requires far less watering than seed grass. For the first two months after your sod installation, you should water your lawn for 20 minutes, twice per day. This will promote root growth and keep your sod looking great.
Replacing dead grass with sod
Sod is often used to replace dead or diseased grass in Batavia yards. Perhaps your commercial or residential yard has experienced soil erosion, or your yard drainage system needs replacement and caused flooding on your property,
If you’ve experienced issues with your seed grass and opt to replace it with sod, you’ll need to pull up your grass first. Sod installation can’t occur if patches of old grass block its roots. You may need to replace your topsoil with healthy soil as well. In order for sod to plant correctly, its roots need access to the nourishment of healthy soil.
How Ware Landscaping can help
The sod installation experts at Ware Landscaping are passionate about helping you create the outdoor haven of your dreams. You should enjoy and take pride in every aspect of your property, and we’re here to help ensure that happens.
For over 20 years, our team has helped our Northeastern Illinois neighbors in Batavia (and beyond) get the most out of their commercial and residential investments.
Along with snow removal, landscaping, hardscape design and creation, lawn maintenance, Christmas light installation, and yard drainage solutions, our team offers seasoned expertise in sod installation.
If you choose to utilize our sod installation services, we will do the following:
- Use our horticulture experience to determine which type of sod will work best in your yard
- Grade your yard to ensure your sod appears even and seamless
- Prepare and water the sod bed to ensure the roots adhere to the soil
- Provide eco, kid, and pet-friendly sod and cost efficient installation solutions
- Utilize organic fertilizer to provide your installed sod with the necessary nutrients to thrive
- Ensure your sod is healthy and aerated before installation
- Maintain your lawn throughout the seasons through our lawn maintenance contracts
Factors to consider before sod installation in Batavia
Although sod may be an amazing option for your commercial property or home, you’ll need to consider several factors before selecting the type of sod you should use, and whether it will be beneficial for your property.
Consider the following important factors before you choose sod installation:
Ensure you’ve researched and selected sod grass that will thrive in our humid and seasonal climate
Certain types of sod grass will only thrive in full sunlight, while others will only survive in shade. Consider the light your property receives to choose the correct type of sod.
For example, fine fescue thrives in shaded spaces and can provide an elegant look for commercial properties. On the other hand, Kentucky bluegrass loves sunlight and may wither if installed in shaded areas.
If your commercial property receives a lot of foot traffic, or your home’s yard is often full of kids or used for entertainment purposes, this may mean sod installation is a necessity. Seed grass may not hold up as well under heavy use or wear-and-tear.
The efficiency of sod installation
Sod installation is remarkably quick. However, it does take more than one day to complete.Typically, an excellent sod installation will take anywhere from 36 to 72 hours. Nevertheless, it’s vital to lay sod immediately after purchasing the grass.
Sod is sold with exposed roots, and if rolls and pallets of sod sit for too long, the moisture these healthy roots contain can evaporate.This will cause the sod’s roots to shrivel and die, and it will no longer be worthy of installation.
Although sod installation can instantly transform the aesthetics and appeal of your yard, the right professional team will be painstaking in their work. It may take the greater part of a week before your sod installation is complete.
The Ware Landscaping team will customize the installation schedule to meet your needs and ensure your property is covered in a timely manner.
Family-owned and operated, Ware Landscaping began as a result of Mike Ware’s commitment to helping his Northeastern Illinois neighbors realize the properties of their dreams.
If you’re in need of sod installation in Batavia, we’ve got you covered. No matter how large or small your property is, you can rely on our high standards and efficiency. Your property is an extension of you, and is your greatest investment.
Whether you’re in the home of your dreams, or have realized your goals of a thriving business, you need dedicated landscape professionals to keep your property looking great. Connect with Ware Landscaping for a free consultation, and take the first step toward the yard of your dreams.
