Method for producing sod

Details Method for producing sod Method for producing sod

1990-10-01

1993-01-12

Scherbel, David A.

Plant husbandry

Seed tape or mat, method or apparatus

47 9, A01C 104

Patent

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051778980

ABSTRACT:
A novel method is described for growing tall fescue sods on a solid base in large rolls. Whole culm straw is placed 1-2 inches deep over the solid base, typically plastic sheeting. Thirty to forty cubic yards of composted materials are then applied to the straw, filling the voids and interstices to produce a coherent matrix. This is seeded with tall fescue, then irrigated, fertilized, and mowed in a conventional manner. Unharvested wheat seed left in the straw germinates along with the tall fescue and forms a vigorous primary rooting system which rapidly effects a bona fide sod about one-half inch thick and approximately one-half the weight of a conventional mineral sod. The synthetic sod is harvested in large rolls, typically as much as five feet wide and comprising 20-50 square yards. These big rolls are laid at the installation site by the grading tractor, obviating the need for a fork lift, pallets, and laying crew, as used in conventional sodding.

REFERENCES:
patent: 4716679 (1988-01-01), Heard
Turf Management for Golf Courses, James B. Beard, 1982, p. 604 table C-2.

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