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| Anyone have experience with this? Will be stolonizing (broadcast sprigging) 4500 sf with sprigs made from a pallet of Palisades Zoysia, but have failed to find many specific details on how to make sprigs from sod. One suggestion I read was to use a mulcher/chipper from Home Depot, but after running the idea past a turf specialist at NC State, he had the same concern that the resulting sprigs may not be of decent quality - not to mention the possible damage to the equipment. I have asked in other threads with not luck... hoping if I dedicate a separate thread, I'll get some feedback! Thanks, as always! |
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| Did you ask the sod farm if they can turn a pallet into sprigs? I would think they would have the proper equipment. |
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- Posted by texas-weed 7A (My Page) on Mon, Mar 4, 13 at 23:23
| Better to go with plugs. Much easier and faster. You can make your own plugs, and dig the planting hole with a simple tool. You can make and plant 200 plugs/hour. No tilling, raking or anything. Just use your legs and feet to do the hard work. Better yet use free child labor and tell one of your kids to do it. 5-In-1 Landscape Tool. Watch the video as it is self explanatory. |
This post was edited by texas-weed on Mon, Mar 4, 13 at 23:26
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- Posted by ncredclaygardener (My Page) on Tue, Mar 5, 13 at 15:46
| texas-weed. stolonizing (broadcast sprigging) creates a much quicker lawn than plugging. i was originally looking into plugging, but don't want to wait that long for it to fill in. i am going to prepare the soil the same way, no matter if i seed, sprig, or plug -- so if i can find an efficient way to produce sprigs from sod, it will actually be less work than plugging. tiemco - yes, i asked the sod producer. they offer sprigging, but the machine they use shreds the sod into sprigs and plants the sprigs - not something that makes sense on my 1/4 acre lawn. they don't have a separate machine for creating sprigs for delivery to a customer. the sod producer has kindly offered to ask around though, to see what he can do. i just want to be prepared and not assume that he'll find something - and was hoping someone reading this forum might have experience with this issue. thx again! |
This post was edited by ncredclaygardener on Tue, Mar 5, 13 at 15:48
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