Looks like the Ag extension feels differently about Florida Soil than the Tejas and sip folk. Near as I can tell Ag Extension says don't till. Wheel says its the only way. I'm with Wheel.

When Wheel said he laid sod, he forgot to mention he was drunk and thought it was his wife......:-"

That would upset Nurse Terrie if she saw this,,,

I said you were drunk. And they don't always keep the lawn mowed.

400 sq ft pallets are sand/soil grown sod. 500 sq ft pallets are muck grown sod. muck-grown is good in South Florida, but not up here.

Hey, wanna do a "box split" on some sod???

Hard freeze <32F for more than four hours with no breeze, usually for 2-4 days straight. Kills plams, warm weather sods, ornamentals and... even citrus when it gets into the mid to upper gets into the mid to upper 20F's. One or two mornings this winter, i forgot to turn the sprinkler off. The wet garbage cans got iced over.

One or two mornings this winter, I did the pinch and blow and the snot was frozen before it hit the ground.

I am going with the Florida AG Extension and University of Florida on this.

No tiller. No top soil. Just shake the little little bit of soil loose from the dead, dried sod- with a pitchfork or rake, then bad g the dead straw-like sod. Hand rake it out to even and level will suffice. Virtually no clay here, so virtually no clods. Fix, replace and/or repair the sprinkler heads, then find out what it will cost to have someone lay the sod.

F'in cool!!!

I have one. Believe it or not, it is every bit as great as the TV ads claim.

Actually, the rainy season seems to have officially begun, making this the best time to minimize watering expense. Otherwise, Mid-February, following the average last frost, to mid-April is the very best period for the quickest rooting and spread, but there is usually a sod shortage, which runs the cost up almost 50% per pallet. Also, replacing the sod during this period precludes the opportunity to rehabilitate it without replacing it.

That's funny!

You mean Pedro.