twfsa wrote:
Moved into new house a week ago new sod in yard, I have been running
the sprinkler 4 times a day plenty wet.

We live in the midwest, temps in the lower 30's at night, mid 50's to
low 60's in the day.Heat tape on the exterior water pipeing.

How long should I water this sod till I winterize the sprinkler
system?
Thanks

Tom

With the ground temperature dropping germination and early growth is
going to be slow. That is the bad part. The good part is it is not as
likely to suffer from low moisture since it is not hot and does not have
drying winds. This is a little late for seed in most of the Midwest, but I
would expect it will do fine

I would water as necessary to keep the ground moist. A week after it
starts turning green you can allow the surface to dry out, but you still
want to avoid letting it get really dry. For the most part nature will take
care of it. Come the middle of next spring it will fill in and look good.
Grass in the Midwest likes the cool damp weather of fall and spring.

As it gets colder it will stop growing for the year, since this is so
weather dependent it is really hard to say exactly when that will be.


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Joseph Meehan

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