Sod press? I put down sod in front yard close to a month ago....
I put down sod in front yard close to a month ago. They were nice and green until I mowed it. Most of it is now brown. There are a few green leaves. Will it grow put a bet on or they are dead?
Just water it a lot and it will hold growing.
Did you roll it after you set it? Did it make well brought-up contact with the soil underneath? Can you pull up section or has it knitted near the soil below?
Assuming the sod knit well, just hose down well and for heaven's sake raise that pasture mower blade. Sounds like you scalped it, that is removed more than 1/3 of the total grass blade length. Mow lofty, for many weeks after. The more blade you have, the more strength the grass will hold to form those roots into the soil below.
Answers: You've had a couple of associates steer you in the right direction - you cut it too short. Try getting some peat moss and raking a meagre layer over the sod.not enough to cover it, purely enough to let it settle into the spaces between blades of grass. Then hose at least once a day. The peat moss will minister to protect the roots from the sun and will also retain moisture until your sod has had a break to re-establish itself.
Set your mower's blade higher for the next several times you mow. Eventually you'll know how to go shorter.
Oh, and the person who said that the roots are still in attendance and will respond to water is right. The roots are the last item to die off, so hurry up and get to fixing!
**Water thoroughly within the early morning before the sun is whipping down on the lawn. Otherwise the you can actually cook your grassland if you water while there's full sun.
If you keep it watered it will grow rear. You cut it too short. Sod has to stay a little taller than other grass. unresponsive. forever.. sorry "/
You might have mowed it to short or to soon. Before the root system had a arbitrary to develop. Maybe even to dry after the cut. Roots are still there. They always respond to hose down. Water every day now, delicately, and it should survive! you mowed the sod only a month after you laid it down,,it did not get a unpredictability to establish itself. probably dead.