Until your lawn has a fully established root system, avoid heavy use or putting heavy equipment on it.

When properly laid and maintained, your new lawn will provide a beautiful and healthy place for play and entertainment, as well as significantly increasing the value of your property. With ongoing care it will remain an asset for the whole family.

Anderton Grass has helped many accomplish this by selling only the best quality grass and providing customers with the information to maintain the turf to have a picture perfect lawn in the least amount of time.

Be sure to water your new sod as soon as possible after installation, professional sod companies commonly have a person hand watering sod as soon as it is laid.

During the first two weeks you should water at least once a day with enough water to keep the sod and soil moist approximately to a depth of six inches. but not soaking wet to reestablish itself with new root growth.

Check to make sure that the sod and upper soil profile is remaining moist throughout the day. Be extra cautious during hot, dry and windy weather as the sod can quickly dry out. By following this watering advice, you will ensure good turf rooting into the soil.

You should begin a deep and infrequent watering program to promote a deep and healthy root system for your new lawn as soon as the grass is well rooted (you can not pull the grass from the soil).

After two weeks of frequent watering, you should start to reduce your watering to a more normal schedule. This will allow the soil to firm up and give you an opportunity to mow your lawn and give it a light application of fertilizer.

The lawn should be irrigated as soon as the grass shows signs of wilting if a high quality appearance is desired throughout the season, . Apply enough water to moisten the soil to a depth of at least six inches to develop a deep root system which can better survive drought. In high summer temperatures it may be necessary to irrigate the lawn several times a week.

Keep in mind that the watering frequencies above are only average amounts. The amount of water needed should be adjusted for varying soil and climate conditions. As a rule of thumb, water a little more often if the temperature is very high or in extended periods of dry, high winds.

Water deeply to wet the top 3-5 inches of the soil to encourage deeper root growth. Avoid daily light watering (unless you are starting a new lawn) as this will promote shallow root growth and make the lawn more prone to drought conditions.