Checkpoint 1.

1 – Offer ways of customizing the display of information

(establishment steps)

 Post a timeline of yard growth from the beginning

stages to what your yard should look like.
 Hang clipboards on the walls each representing
good and bad lawns,
 Post coming soon signs on the walls/windows of
what will happen next if the yard it plant correctly
or incorrectly.
How much seed do you need?

 Based on pure live seed of plants required for area

 Goal
 Establish 1000 plants per square for newly seeded lawn.
Pure seed or mixture

 Mixture
 Meets wide environmental use requirements
 Select mixture based on desired characteristics
 Turfgrass vary in resistance to disease and insect
 What can be mixed
 Any turf that spreads by rhizomes or tillers (fescues, Bluegrass, Ryegrass)
 Do not use stolon grasses, tend to segregate
 Bermuda, Bentgrass, Zoysia, Centipede
Water

 Seedbed must stay moist for seeds to geminate

 1st 3 weeks seed sprigs keep moist by frequent, light watering until new roots systems
develops
Sodding

 Any turfgrass that spreads by rhizomes or stolons

 Best time when turfgrass is actively growing
 Advantages
 Instint lawn
 Less weed competition
 Decrease erosion
 Disadvantages
 High cost
Installing Sod

 Cost more and instant lawn

 Cost .12-.35 / sq ft
 12 wide x 2 long to 18 wide x 6 long
 Pallet 450 sq ft
 Thickness 1-1.5
 ½ should be soil roots
 Checkpoint 1.2 - Offer alternatives for
auditory information (Installing sod)

 Individuals will have to watch several different

training modules on how to install sod and decide
which one is the right way to do so.
 Charts will be places around the classroom to show
the growth rate of sod compared to planting regular
grass seed.
 Charts will be provided to students to show the
difference between the cost of sod and the cost of
planting grass by seed.
Springs Plugs

 Most common Bermuda Bentgrass

 Sold by Bushel
 1 Bushel 1 Sq Ft of sod
 Home lawn sprig 4-5 bushels per 1000 sq ft
 Time of year
 Early spring to late summer
 Spacing
 10-12 apart checkerboard
 Soil contact
Water

 Sod plugs
 Heavily soaked so that soil underneath is completely wet