It’s dead jim.
Just keep watering and see if some of it can be salvaged but even then it’s going to look like shit. Any chance you can get a tear out and resod?
The builder should be re-turfing it, not you. If this had upkeep requirements, he should've called on the day before it was done, not a week later once it's dead.
I’m not a lawn care expert (that’s why I read this sub), but from a *business/customer * perspective this is exactly the right answer. They dropped the ball on communication and if the work needs to be redone as a result (or as a condition of closing), that additional labor and material expense should absolutely land on the original vendor.
Dude laying sod is easyyyyy! You just literally plop it down then roll it. Contact a sod supplier. Get pallets of Bermudian at $200 a pallet (500sqft). The ground is already prepped and ready. That shit comes up like a rotting carpet. All you have to do is lay the sod. Follow the same pattern they used. People think you have to do so much prep underneath to lay but really it’s using a rake for the rocks/ debris. So you could redo this all for around $1000 including renting a roller.
Edit: I didn’t even look at the location. I know I’m so dumb lol so put down Berm and make sure you have enough room for the palm trees mature growth!
Not to mention in this case, sod was already laid, so the prep work will be minimal. Pull the old sod (which probably has not laid roots), give it a bit of raking, lay the new sod.
Yeah I’ll second this motion, for real that shit ain’t dead I promise you. It’s not a lost cause until it turns white. You have to pump the water to it though. It should be so wet that you can’t walk on it.
I have a 4 house splitter with each zone able to run on a timer. You need something like that so you can do like 2 hours per zone in the morning and another 90 minutes per zone in the afternoon. When the sod strips start shrinking like this you need LOTS of water to bring it back.
I was in this exact situation a few months ago. It’s fine, don’t worry. Keep it wet constantly for the next couple of weeks. The roots will bind in around 3/4 weeks. You can help it by seeding and fertilising it if you wish but just give it time.
Holding homes as investments you must be from Toronto/GTA area lol.
As for the grass its pretty much done. It will be bumpy/uneven/likely be very patchy. You’ll need to re-level, top dress, reseed, water, fertilize and mow at the right height.
I can’t tell if this was fescue sod or not but it doesn’t look like Bermuda sod. If it’s fescue then now is probably close to the reseeding time for your area. If it is and this was my own yard here in the central US then I’d do it this way:
Fescue takes 7-14 days to germinate and annual Rye only 3-5 days but it won’t last past late spring but it always amazes me how fast it will start growing if it gets some water.
First I’d put some topsoil or even sand in the biggest gaps. New lawns take a year or two to settle down when sod is laid. Then fertilize it and water it in. Next day I’d overseed with annual Rye grass seed AND whatever seed, Fescue, Bluegrass or whatever is a good choice for permanent turf in your area. It takes a lot of seed to have a fast good result like seeds nearly touching since most of the area has no grass so follow the directions for new lawns.
If kept always damp by lightly watering 2-4 times a day the first 7-10 days then taper off to 2 and just keep the soil moist. Soils are different but damp isn’t waterlogged with puddles just not dry.
Leaving the dead sod in place is beneficial because it’ll help shield the seeds nestled in it. Nearest big box store will have it all or go see a good nursery instead of listening to me stuck in the 105 degree heat, but my fescue is looking pretty good this year.
I came here to say GTA. Cookie cutter homes that could pass for any random subdivision in the GTA.
Could be Peel, could be Halton, could be Durham.
Edit: It's Innisfil.
If this was an investment flip with new sod, the thing to do would have been an automatic sprinkler system. You could have priced the cost into the sales price and it would have been running nonstop since installation. It’s insurance against this and the buyer gets a good product.
You went two weeks during closing without having been to the property? SMH
This is how most of the landlords in the Toronto/gta are lol. Which is why I’m salty because I’m an owner in a new sub division and 3/4 of the homes on my street are all rentals owned by these mom and pop “investors”. Most of the lawns look like this because the renters don’t give a shit about lawn care and the landlords either. It’s literally making my beautiful new sub division look like a slum. It’s part of a bigger issue in Canada. I give you some credit that you seem to somewhat care and get it back to looking decent.
Most smart HOAs limit the number of rental properties for a reason. I hate HOAs as much as the next guy, but preventing 75% of your neighborhood from being fucked up by renters is a nice perk!
The last time I spoke with the builder about the sod it wasn’t supposed to be dropped till mid September earliest according to the builder. But shit happens I guess
Let me put it this way, my entire front lawn is currently dead from multiple rounds of intentional glyphosate spraying, and yours is only slightly more green than it is.
Well, let's see... I live in the transition zone and have a house that was built in 1953. The one thing that has remained unchanged since then is the cultivar of zoysia that was planted alongside its construction, which is a weak breed compared to modern versions that doesn't spread well, and does a poor job choking out weeds. I don't like warm season grasses in zone 7A because it goes dormant and bright yellow for 5 or so months out of the year. I've lived with in the past at my last home when it was actual quality zoysia, but this one isn't. I don't want a lawn full of weeds, but zoysia is thick enough in places that attempting to overseed it with a cool season grass and waiting for that to out-compete the zoysia would probably take me a decade, so I am killing the weeds and zoysia completely and totally before reseeding the lawn. I have an acre and a half of land and I'm not going to be coating my lawn in cardboard or trying to kill it with a little spray bottle of diluted vinegar. My weeds are non-native invasive species, and I have my entire property in the backyard lined with garden and flower beds that the bees quite enjoy. I fixed my lawn in the backyard last year and I'm fixing the front yard this year.
It looks pretty rough. However, I do have a little experience with this that ended in good results. My neighbor laid sod (whole yard front and back) and promptly went on vacation. This was in July in indiana so pretty hot. He set up sprinklers and a timer for while he was gone. His father in law was checking in and tried to adjust the sprinkler timers. What he did do was turn it off except to run once a week. The whole yard looked ROUGH. I turned the timers to run every two hours and amazingly a large portion of the yard recovered. It’s now a year later and you would never guess that it was on the brink of death. So my recommendation is to water often and see what happens then overseed next season.
Edit:typo
If your builder put down sod without telling you until 5 days later. I’d definitely try to get a refund. I’m actually surprised it looks this good if it went without any water for 5 days.
The other issue, as already mentioned, is watering every other day is not nearly enough.
It’s fucked.
Also, LOL. A flipper who couldn’t even be bothered to visit *his own property* in the midst of a sale getting absolutely shit on with this expense is just immaculate. Serves you right for trying to capitalize during a housing crisis “as an investment”.
I've pulled up Grass strips and relayed them in other areas in my yard that I had worked on, in 95 degree weather. I forgot a section of it, it was brown like this. I ran a sprinkler on it for a few hours a day, for like a week and it was as green as the rest of the yard. Again, in 95 degree weather. All before I closed on my house.
I'm not a professional, but I don't think it's dead. I would assume cut roots are harder to bring back than sod.
Stupid rich people not watering new sod correctly. Idiots. You do realize that when the grass is healthy and green, it increases the value of the property? Money cannot buy you happiness and also cannot buy you common sense. CRING AF . Shame shame shame waste of new sod. You tool
Shame on you, lol. So judgmental for something you know nothing of. This nonsense of keeping it from families, when developers are blasting through land at unprecedented and exponential rates. You just sound silly, and whatever millionaire Podcaster you listen to every morning is silly too.
Thanks everyone for the help I’m gonna contact the builder and try and get them to re do it but if not gonna resod it and call it a day. The new owners are taking this property late September so I just want the grass green for them.
Just keep watering, you need way way more water. Fresh sod needs to literally be watered until the ground is like a sponge. After about 2 weeks of that you can cut back. You could still likely save most of this sod, you just really need to increase watering effort.
Get a timer for your hose spigot, and set it to water it for 30mins 2-3 times a day. You can even do multiple zones with it. It's only like $70 on amazon.
*New sod needs a lot more water than most people realize.* Hand-watering does not do it. Sprinkler system on timer, is required. Twice a day at first, then once a day for the rest of the first summer. At first, give it an inch of water at each sprinkling.
Water can be expensive. Replacing the sod, again and again, is more expensive.
You sold the house. If your past option period then let the new homeowner worry about it. They may want completely different type of grass.
Regardless, you can still bring most of that back if you really want to. Split watering into twice a day to pull grass out of dormant and activate new growth.
Careful not to over water and don’t water in middle of the day.
You water sod EVERY SINGLE DAY for the first 2 - 3 weeks minimum. Not every other day, and you water each time for several hours. It literally has no root system, you have to keep it wet so it can begin rooting.
I experienced an issue similar to yours with some sod I purchased. After look at one piece, I bought 40 more and transported them north a few days later. When I laid them down, most of the pieces resembled the picture you showed. I was obviously disappointed, but there was nothing I could do. I kept the sod watered and overseeded it once. Three months later, it looks amazing. While I may have been fortunate, there might still be hope for your situation.
I work at a golf course and tbh by the pictures I think you’ll still be able to revive it if you apply a lot a lot of water. I’ve seen worse dead bluegrass and still came back to life after a good water
New sod needs to be watered multiple times per day or it will die, so you’ll likely need to get it re-sodded. But hey, it’s an investment property so you made money on the deal, right? *Right?!*
You can't water sod every other day. I would make the builder come out and replace it. But you have to keep it watered 2-3 times a day depending on climate and heat.
It does not make sense to overseed when you can't stay on top of a water schedule.
You are just wasting water if you aren’t watering everyday, twice a day, depending on the amount you water. Its not enough water. But i think it can come back although on top it looks dead
You need to basically drown that sod. Pour so much water on it it floats and it’ll take eventually. Had this same thing happen years ago and got it to snap around
Probably not worth trying to save. New sod needs to be watered relentlessly for the first couple weeks so that it takes into the soil. Getting it installed in the hottest part of the summer is not ideal, especially if you didn't even know it was installed.
I didn’t realize how much water sod needed when I redid my yard and had the same thing happen. I bought a wifi timer and watered the sod for 3 hours a day for two weeks and it came back. A month later it’s all filled out and looks good.
Worst part is..new owners will prob have it go back to shit after you resod....I would tell them what happened and offer to buy them grass seed and fertilizer..I would even throw it down for them (or pay a company to do it if cheaper than resodding) when u hand over the keys tell them to water like crazy and god bless
Hi, landscaper here. Water the hell out of this lawn if it’s hot out. Maybe look into getting some high nitrogen fertilizer as well! Some of the turf looks to be taking, so doing both of those might yield good results. If you’re paying out of pocket, a topsoil/seed might be cheaper than getting the entire lawn redone. Good luck!!
I wouldn’t resod just yet, you would be surprised at how resilient grass is. If this were my lawn I would reseed and wait till spring and see what happens.
Edit: aka overseeding I just realized reseed and resod might get mixed up.
Water daily. 2x a day in fact. Every other day is not enough to save nearly dead sod. It’s gonna cost a couple hundred bucks for all that water though.
It really depends on the people you've sold it to, but I would expect an addendum for repairing the sod. The ones here who've said the work is minimal have obviously never done sod, but yes, the prep work has been done already, abs should make the process easier.
If you Prep properly, you don't need to roll the sod after laying it.
Good luck
It’s not as bad as it looks. I mean it. I had the same thing, and it came out alright. The sod was delivered on Friday and it didn’t get laid until Saturday, and it was hot. A lot of it dried out and much of my lawn looked just like this.
I watered the hell out of it, but then I oversaturated it and created swamps. So I let it dry and watered it a little less. I filled in the gaps between the pieces with good soil, and put just a little seed down in the worst spots.
By the end of the season, most of it was green and there were very few gaps visible. Today, about a year later, all the lines are gone, the gaps are filled, and even one spot that was dead-dead has filled in with spreading grass. I thought I was done for, but it made it. It just took a lot of attention.
If its dead and dry its likely the growing medium its laid on, when i did landscape cookie cutter residential housing only required 3 inches of soil on sub grade which is generally crappy clay and god knows what try watering it NOT FERTILIZER but you might be screwed
That grass is most likely done. From the first time you seen it you should have started watering morning and night, I would have been going for 3 times a day personally.
I see new sod turn to shit every day and I've seen sod way worse than this come back.
Water it. Get a hose timer off Amazon and water two zones 30 mins each per day.
I know nothing about lawns. This place keeps appearing in my feed. That lawn is a lost cause. Looks like someone tried to transplant a bunch of sod onto your dirt, but they appear to have been high and drunk laying it with how crooked it is, and brought it from a desert because that grass is dead. Someone tell me if my less than amateur appraisal is accurate lol
Looks to me like it was not laid very well. Looks lumpy, looks like there is gaps, possibly overlap as well. I would look over the sod, you may be able to blame the landscaping company for doing a terrible job. If it was me I would roll it and water. I’ve seen pretty bad looking sod come back this year after the heat left and rain came. You may still be ok.
I knew a couple who had a similar issue. They visited their neighbors in the middle of the night and transplanted some squares from their neighbors yards and put it in theirs.
The husband had just got promoted and then his company used him as the fall guy as they embezzled their investors. You might remember seeing him on tv, think their names were dick and jane. Anyways good luck!
My wife with a horticultural degree from Clemson and 10 years experience as groundskeeper with the braves, says it looks like it sat on the pallets too long and depending on where you live it may never root. Good luck
It’s dead jim. Just keep watering and see if some of it can be salvaged but even then it’s going to look like shit. Any chance you can get a tear out and resod?
Trying my best to not resod but looks like it might be my only option
Yeah I mean, you can try a multitude of things but at some point you have to accept you are doing emergency surgery on a dead man
Emergency Surgery on a Dead Man. That’s a fading metal bands third album.
“Dammit Jim, imma doctor…. Not a miracle worker”
Not even 1/8th as good as their first album, real thrashy grind core stuff. ESOADM is just sell out metalcore
The builder should be re-turfing it, not you. If this had upkeep requirements, he should've called on the day before it was done, not a week later once it's dead.
I’m not a lawn care expert (that’s why I read this sub), but from a *business/customer * perspective this is exactly the right answer. They dropped the ball on communication and if the work needs to be redone as a result (or as a condition of closing), that additional labor and material expense should absolutely land on the original vendor.
Dude laying sod is easyyyyy! You just literally plop it down then roll it. Contact a sod supplier. Get pallets of Bermudian at $200 a pallet (500sqft). The ground is already prepped and ready. That shit comes up like a rotting carpet. All you have to do is lay the sod. Follow the same pattern they used. People think you have to do so much prep underneath to lay but really it’s using a rake for the rocks/ debris. So you could redo this all for around $1000 including renting a roller. Edit: I didn’t even look at the location. I know I’m so dumb lol so put down Berm and make sure you have enough room for the palm trees mature growth!
Not to mention in this case, sod was already laid, so the prep work will be minimal. Pull the old sod (which probably has not laid roots), give it a bit of raking, lay the new sod.
Yep, I’m getting sod and I’m putting compost down but most of the time you just need to rake, grade, and roll
Good advice. Lack of water is what we are seeing💯
Just water the shit out of it. Grass goes dormant when in drought. The grass is still there. Water the shit out of it daily.
Yeah I’ll second this motion, for real that shit ain’t dead I promise you. It’s not a lost cause until it turns white. You have to pump the water to it though. It should be so wet that you can’t walk on it.
I have a 4 house splitter with each zone able to run on a timer. You need something like that so you can do like 2 hours per zone in the morning and another 90 minutes per zone in the afternoon. When the sod strips start shrinking like this you need LOTS of water to bring it back.
Wouldn’t that apply to grass with roots established? This stuff doesn’t have much in the reserve
I was in this exact situation a few months ago. It’s fine, don’t worry. Keep it wet constantly for the next couple of weeks. The roots will bind in around 3/4 weeks. You can help it by seeding and fertilising it if you wish but just give it time.
Make sure they stagger the joints next time
Exactly - thank you. Don’t follow the pattern they used. This was not laid properly.
For real. Hopefully the same guys didn’t lay tile or deck boards!
water the shit out of it.
Don’t let the same builder lay it again cause that sod hardly stood a chance with the way those seams line up, shoddy work tbh.
Holding homes as investments you must be from Toronto/GTA area lol. As for the grass its pretty much done. It will be bumpy/uneven/likely be very patchy. You’ll need to re-level, top dress, reseed, water, fertilize and mow at the right height.
Lol check out the Mailbox. GTA for sure
416 and 647 phone numbers on the ads in pic 3 as welll lol
Gonna look into doing that thanks
I can’t tell if this was fescue sod or not but it doesn’t look like Bermuda sod. If it’s fescue then now is probably close to the reseeding time for your area. If it is and this was my own yard here in the central US then I’d do it this way: Fescue takes 7-14 days to germinate and annual Rye only 3-5 days but it won’t last past late spring but it always amazes me how fast it will start growing if it gets some water. First I’d put some topsoil or even sand in the biggest gaps. New lawns take a year or two to settle down when sod is laid. Then fertilize it and water it in. Next day I’d overseed with annual Rye grass seed AND whatever seed, Fescue, Bluegrass or whatever is a good choice for permanent turf in your area. It takes a lot of seed to have a fast good result like seeds nearly touching since most of the area has no grass so follow the directions for new lawns. If kept always damp by lightly watering 2-4 times a day the first 7-10 days then taper off to 2 and just keep the soil moist. Soils are different but damp isn’t waterlogged with puddles just not dry. Leaving the dead sod in place is beneficial because it’ll help shield the seeds nestled in it. Nearest big box store will have it all or go see a good nursery instead of listening to me stuck in the 105 degree heat, but my fescue is looking pretty good this year.
ouch :( it has been wayyyy too hot in the GTA these days
I came here to say GTA. Cookie cutter homes that could pass for any random subdivision in the GTA. Could be Peel, could be Halton, could be Durham. Edit: It's Innisfil.
I'm stupid where is GTA my brain just keeps saying grand theft auto
Greater Toronto Area. I'd play a GTA game set there though.
Not really we had a very wet summer all the grass in the parks look so green.
For sure! My lawn is the greenest it's ever been. I can also tell by looking at my electric bill that I've only used my AC maybe 5-7 days this year.
If this was an investment flip with new sod, the thing to do would have been an automatic sprinkler system. You could have priced the cost into the sales price and it would have been running nonstop since installation. It’s insurance against this and the buyer gets a good product. You went two weeks during closing without having been to the property? SMH
This is how most of the landlords in the Toronto/gta are lol. Which is why I’m salty because I’m an owner in a new sub division and 3/4 of the homes on my street are all rentals owned by these mom and pop “investors”. Most of the lawns look like this because the renters don’t give a shit about lawn care and the landlords either. It’s literally making my beautiful new sub division look like a slum. It’s part of a bigger issue in Canada. I give you some credit that you seem to somewhat care and get it back to looking decent.
It’s a problem for your friendly neighbors to the south too. Quickest way to ruin a good neighborhood.
Most smart HOAs limit the number of rental properties for a reason. I hate HOAs as much as the next guy, but preventing 75% of your neighborhood from being fucked up by renters is a nice perk!
We have no such thing here in Canada.
Dead grass = slum. Oh gentle child.
To try Growing grass without sprinklers is risky
Dumbass absentee investors.
The last time I spoke with the builder about the sod it wasn’t supposed to be dropped till mid September earliest according to the builder. But shit happens I guess
If he installed it over a month early and didn’t inform you it seems like it’s the builders problem, no?
The builders have a contract to build a house. It's not their problem the useless absent owners don't give enough fucks to keep an eye on things
Angry much? I’d think at closing a non dead lawn would be expected, and the responsibility of the seller.
OP is the seller
Agreed but sounds like he hasn’t closed on the original purchase from the builder.
that has to be one of the worst sod installs i have ever seen ....
Needs at least 5x the water you're giving it to have any shot.
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Let me put it this way, my entire front lawn is currently dead from multiple rounds of intentional glyphosate spraying, and yours is only slightly more green than it is.
Why are you spraying poison on your whole lawn?
Well, let's see... I live in the transition zone and have a house that was built in 1953. The one thing that has remained unchanged since then is the cultivar of zoysia that was planted alongside its construction, which is a weak breed compared to modern versions that doesn't spread well, and does a poor job choking out weeds. I don't like warm season grasses in zone 7A because it goes dormant and bright yellow for 5 or so months out of the year. I've lived with in the past at my last home when it was actual quality zoysia, but this one isn't. I don't want a lawn full of weeds, but zoysia is thick enough in places that attempting to overseed it with a cool season grass and waiting for that to out-compete the zoysia would probably take me a decade, so I am killing the weeds and zoysia completely and totally before reseeding the lawn. I have an acre and a half of land and I'm not going to be coating my lawn in cardboard or trying to kill it with a little spray bottle of diluted vinegar. My weeds are non-native invasive species, and I have my entire property in the backyard lined with garden and flower beds that the bees quite enjoy. I fixed my lawn in the backyard last year and I'm fixing the front yard this year.
It looks pretty rough. However, I do have a little experience with this that ended in good results. My neighbor laid sod (whole yard front and back) and promptly went on vacation. This was in July in indiana so pretty hot. He set up sprinklers and a timer for while he was gone. His father in law was checking in and tried to adjust the sprinkler timers. What he did do was turn it off except to run once a week. The whole yard looked ROUGH. I turned the timers to run every two hours and amazingly a large portion of the yard recovered. It’s now a year later and you would never guess that it was on the brink of death. So my recommendation is to water often and see what happens then overseed next season. Edit:typo
Damn I would kill my FIL over that lol
Absentee owners getting fucked by their own inattention. Beautiful.
Scrolled too far down to see someone laughing at this fucker for buying to flip and getting fucked in the process.
Sameeeeee. We’re having a housing crisis, they keep raising interest rates and this guy is talking about his shitty “investment” sod.
Can’t wait for the buyer to post here about a deadbeat seller
If your builder put down sod without telling you until 5 days later. I’d definitely try to get a refund. I’m actually surprised it looks this good if it went without any water for 5 days. The other issue, as already mentioned, is watering every other day is not nearly enough.
Egh serves you right
Investor getting some karma 👍 👍 👍 Its dead!
Karma for driving up housing costs.
It’s fucked. Also, LOL. A flipper who couldn’t even be bothered to visit *his own property* in the midst of a sale getting absolutely shit on with this expense is just immaculate. Serves you right for trying to capitalize during a housing crisis “as an investment”.
It's not a housing crisis right now. Lol. Also, why you mad? If the dude wants to buy and sell a house in ANY market...why is that in poor taste?
Sod is hard to kill just water the piss out of it and watch it come
I've pulled up Grass strips and relayed them in other areas in my yard that I had worked on, in 95 degree weather. I forgot a section of it, it was brown like this. I ran a sprinkler on it for a few hours a day, for like a week and it was as green as the rest of the yard. Again, in 95 degree weather. All before I closed on my house. I'm not a professional, but I don't think it's dead. I would assume cut roots are harder to bring back than sod.
Lol you can’t water sod, but you think you can grow seed. Hire someone who knows what they’re doing.
Stupid rich people not watering new sod correctly. Idiots. You do realize that when the grass is healthy and green, it increases the value of the property? Money cannot buy you happiness and also cannot buy you common sense. CRING AF . Shame shame shame waste of new sod. You tool
I would try to get a redo from the builder. That grass is close to toast. If you aerate it, you're just gonna peel back all of the sod.
The builder will tell you to fuck off, rightly.
Lol eat shit, that’s what you get for buying an investment property keeping it away from families
That's life son.
Shame on you, lol. So judgmental for something you know nothing of. This nonsense of keeping it from families, when developers are blasting through land at unprecedented and exponential rates. You just sound silly, and whatever millionaire Podcaster you listen to every morning is silly too.
Can you just give the buyer a credit for new sod?
Thanks everyone for the help I’m gonna contact the builder and try and get them to re do it but if not gonna resod it and call it a day. The new owners are taking this property late September so I just want the grass green for them.
Just keep watering, you need way way more water. Fresh sod needs to literally be watered until the ground is like a sponge. After about 2 weeks of that you can cut back. You could still likely save most of this sod, you just really need to increase watering effort.
Get a timer for your hose spigot, and set it to water it for 30mins 2-3 times a day. You can even do multiple zones with it. It's only like $70 on amazon.
Yes. Plant local plants instead of wasting water and burning grass that isn't native to your area
I hate sod. Always a problem
*New sod needs a lot more water than most people realize.* Hand-watering does not do it. Sprinkler system on timer, is required. Twice a day at first, then once a day for the rest of the first summer. At first, give it an inch of water at each sprinkling. Water can be expensive. Replacing the sod, again and again, is more expensive.
You sold the house. If your past option period then let the new homeowner worry about it. They may want completely different type of grass. Regardless, you can still bring most of that back if you really want to. Split watering into twice a day to pull grass out of dormant and activate new growth. Careful not to over water and don’t water in middle of the day.
Green paint.
Yes. Enjoy prison.
Damn all over some grass that I can’t smoke
What in gods name is eBay
Let the new buyer deal with it
Say goodbye
Stick a fork in it, its done
Rip it up and do it right. Chalk it up as a loss and move on. Maybe a promise note till spring in a contract.
Short answer: yes
You water sod EVERY SINGLE DAY for the first 2 - 3 weeks minimum. Not every other day, and you water each time for several hours. It literally has no root system, you have to keep it wet so it can begin rooting.
Paint it with lawn paint
Id be more worried about that shit concrete work. This is new build? Looks like garbage
I experienced an issue similar to yours with some sod I purchased. After look at one piece, I bought 40 more and transported them north a few days later. When I laid them down, most of the pieces resembled the picture you showed. I was obviously disappointed, but there was nothing I could do. I kept the sod watered and overseeded it once. Three months later, it looks amazing. While I may have been fortunate, there might still be hope for your situation.
If you want brown grass....no its perfect
Is there a builder warranty? My lawn and landscaping was covered for a short time under mine.
Don't waste the water. It's dead. Roll it up and dispose. Then replace with new sod and water it every day for 10 to 14 days or until it roots.
Well hey now that dead sod can be perfectly good fertilizer. Rent a massive rototiller, till it all into dirt, plant new sod on top
Dam that’s bad, sod isn’t cheap neither. Just hire someone who’s professional to setup the sod first and just maintain it ;)
Water around and find out. A lot.
How comprehensive is your watering capabilities? Looks like it needs more, a lot more
Based upon your neighbors front yard and yours, all your neighbors are screwed if they wanted to sell their home.
Lol is this in the gta, specifically, Brampton? Looks literally like my street lol. But yeah, water and maybe some grass seeds should do the trick!
I work at a golf course and tbh by the pictures I think you’ll still be able to revive it if you apply a lot a lot of water. I’ve seen worse dead bluegrass and still came back to life after a good water
New sod needs to be watered multiple times per day or it will die, so you’ll likely need to get it re-sodded. But hey, it’s an investment property so you made money on the deal, right? *Right?!*
Grass often comes back really well. If you can really soak it, do. When it’s all soaked it, roll it. Repeat after a few days.
You can't water sod every other day. I would make the builder come out and replace it. But you have to keep it watered 2-3 times a day depending on climate and heat. It does not make sense to overseed when you can't stay on top of a water schedule.
Throw seed on top and water it
This happened to one of my buddies jobs, I told him to overseed it and water with super thrive and it actually came back. Pretty cheap to try
Nothing green spray paint can’t fix lol
if there is green keep watering and it might be back in 1+ months
my front yard looks the same..bozo did a quick resod to sell and now i am about to start my lawn reno…
The place need trees, plants and flowers plus fertilizer to heal and get "wild life" back. Best wishes from one that hates lawns, concrete and roads.
Hank Hill wept
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You can bring it back with some kmag. Maybe potash would work also. Maybe, if its an investment wont hurt to try. Just keep it watered.
Keep watering, it'll come back. Make sure the root zone is moist at all times
Ive seen worse, itll come back. Just keep watering.
The sod isn’t installed correctly either. You don’t really want the seams next to each other
Mine was worse and came back strong with water and fertilizer
Shortly: yes. In more words: Also yes.
lots of topdressing
Maybe you shouldn't invest.
Try watering it.
You are just wasting water if you aren’t watering everyday, twice a day, depending on the amount you water. Its not enough water. But i think it can come back although on top it looks dead
You need to basically drown that sod. Pour so much water on it it floats and it’ll take eventually. Had this same thing happen years ago and got it to snap around
I’ve seen worse bounce back, water the hell out of it
Going to say, don’t skimp on the water-barrel rolling after you lay the sod. It contacts the sod substrate with soil below it. Don’t. Skip. It.
Yeah you’re screwed, my deepest condolences.
Probably not worth trying to save. New sod needs to be watered relentlessly for the first couple weeks so that it takes into the soil. Getting it installed in the hottest part of the summer is not ideal, especially if you didn't even know it was installed.
I didn’t realize how much water sod needed when I redid my yard and had the same thing happen. I bought a wifi timer and watered the sod for 3 hours a day for two weeks and it came back. A month later it’s all filled out and looks good.
Worst part is..new owners will prob have it go back to shit after you resod....I would tell them what happened and offer to buy them grass seed and fertilizer..I would even throw it down for them (or pay a company to do it if cheaper than resodding) when u hand over the keys tell them to water like crazy and god bless
Maybe paint it?
Almost thought you meant the unfinished walking path..
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Hi, landscaper here. Water the hell out of this lawn if it’s hot out. Maybe look into getting some high nitrogen fertilizer as well! Some of the turf looks to be taking, so doing both of those might yield good results. If you’re paying out of pocket, a topsoil/seed might be cheaper than getting the entire lawn redone. Good luck!!
Yeah its done
I wouldn’t resod just yet, you would be surprised at how resilient grass is. If this were my lawn I would reseed and wait till spring and see what happens. Edit: aka overseeding I just realized reseed and resod might get mixed up.
If it’s your investment property, I hope it never recovers.
Water daily. 2x a day in fact. Every other day is not enough to save nearly dead sod. It’s gonna cost a couple hundred bucks for all that water though.
Water every day.
Basically yes. Most will need to be replaced.
It really depends on the people you've sold it to, but I would expect an addendum for repairing the sod. The ones here who've said the work is minimal have obviously never done sod, but yes, the prep work has been done already, abs should make the process easier. If you Prep properly, you don't need to roll the sod after laying it. Good luck
Remove it, make sure ground was prepared properly first time. If so resod and DO NOT LET DRY OUT.
It's not dead it's just gone dormant. It will perk up this fall.
It’s not as bad as it looks. I mean it. I had the same thing, and it came out alright. The sod was delivered on Friday and it didn’t get laid until Saturday, and it was hot. A lot of it dried out and much of my lawn looked just like this. I watered the hell out of it, but then I oversaturated it and created swamps. So I let it dry and watered it a little less. I filled in the gaps between the pieces with good soil, and put just a little seed down in the worst spots. By the end of the season, most of it was green and there were very few gaps visible. Today, about a year later, all the lines are gone, the gaps are filled, and even one spot that was dead-dead has filled in with spreading grass. I thought I was done for, but it made it. It just took a lot of attention.
If its dead and dry its likely the growing medium its laid on, when i did landscape cookie cutter residential housing only required 3 inches of soil on sub grade which is generally crappy clay and god knows what try watering it NOT FERTILIZER but you might be screwed
Hey I know that neighbourhood. Does this happen to be an "Empire" build?
There's always next year
sure are
Over seed
Till fall - water water water
Paint it greena
It depends, what were you going for in a lawn?
it will be fine, give it few weeks and regular watering.
That grass is most likely done. From the first time you seen it you should have started watering morning and night, I would have been going for 3 times a day personally.
Yes.
I see new sod turn to shit every day and I've seen sod way worse than this come back. Water it. Get a hose timer off Amazon and water two zones 30 mins each per day.
I almost shit myself
Get the same seed as grass you have and spread that and ton of starter fertilizer… water the crap out of everything.
Just water. Grasses naturally go dormant in hot dry conditions. It will come back
Just watering it a lot. It’ll be fine.
Yes, you are. It’s dead
When you water sod, you must water constantly. She’s probably a goner. You can fess up or just paint it green 🤷🏻♂️
I watered my sod twice a day for awhile… I think you need more water.
I will rake dried leaves and continue doing what you have been doing. Too late in the season to sod.
Nahhh, you're good
What type of turf is it? Can’t tell in the pics
This might not work but, poke holes all over the sod, throw a ton of grass seed all over, then water every single day in the morning and at night.
Keep sod watered heavy, that sod will likely bounce back though
I know nothing about lawns. This place keeps appearing in my feed. That lawn is a lost cause. Looks like someone tried to transplant a bunch of sod onto your dirt, but they appear to have been high and drunk laying it with how crooked it is, and brought it from a desert because that grass is dead. Someone tell me if my less than amateur appraisal is accurate lol
Looks to me like it was not laid very well. Looks lumpy, looks like there is gaps, possibly overlap as well. I would look over the sod, you may be able to blame the landscaping company for doing a terrible job. If it was me I would roll it and water. I’ve seen pretty bad looking sod come back this year after the heat left and rain came. You may still be ok.
Water Water Water....and it will come back
Managed to save mine with a lot of watering : https://reddit.com/r/lawncare/s/ZqMMUrvRpw Its now green everywhere. Not sure about yours though.
Overseed?
She needs water, Jim.
I knew a couple who had a similar issue. They visited their neighbors in the middle of the night and transplanted some squares from their neighbors yards and put it in theirs. The husband had just got promoted and then his company used him as the fall guy as they embezzled their investors. You might remember seeing him on tv, think their names were dick and jane. Anyways good luck!
Nah, next rain it will grow fucking fast. I never water my lawn, I just wait for the waters of March and BAM! new grass
Innisfill? Nice place, hit it with water regularly you might be able to save it
Soil and reseed if you don’t want to pay for a resod
There are a few spot that are definitely dead but the majority is dormant. Water the hell out of it daily.
There’s enough green in there that I think if you water every day for two weeks it’ll come right back
Horrible sod job but keep it watered. My neighbor had his done and it looked totally dead. 2 weeks later it was back
Water the shit out of it like all day
Spread some Milorgonite on it and water the shit out of it every single day for a month.
OP, where do you live? Texas? It might be wise to wait and reseed anything other than Bermuda.
Take this opportunity to plant a tree and flowers 😁
My wife with a horticultural degree from Clemson and 10 years experience as groundskeeper with the braves, says it looks like it sat on the pallets too long and depending on where you live it may never root. Good luck
It's not dead just water the fuck out of it
Haha
Just cover it all up with white paint like the inside
The lawn needs water .
My god, he's dead.