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When to resod | When not to plug | Tampa Lawn Care
Baking Soda Treatments Vs Plugging Vs Round-Up & Re-Sodding
PART 5 of 6
The above mentioned crabgrass remedy utilizing the baking soda method explained in Part 4 of 6 works best in avoiding the re-sodding process when treating RELATIVELY SMALL SECTIONS of your Tampa lawn when one has not neglected the Carpet Grass – Crab Grass problem over a lengthy period of time. For example, a relatively small section would be a 10′ by 10′ area of your lawn that has at least 60 to 70% of St. Augustine turf left in it and only 5% to 30% wild grasses. If the Carpet Grass – Crab Grass is allowed to continue past the 40% mark, it is just, in most cases, best to kill those areas with Round Up and re-sod.
Another commonly known, less expensive option to re-sodding is plugging. However; plugging is not recommended if you have had past problems with Carpet Grass Crab grasses even if you have successfully killed those wild grasses with Round Up. Despite that, if you still opt to plug and have had any of these problems you must be on a rigid bi-weekly application of the baking soda treatment (as mentioned in Solution 2 of Article 4) that continues until desired grass has filled in 100% creating at least a one-two inch matting of grass over the soil surface. In addition, it’s recommended that you be on a pre-emergent program to aid in keeping your weeds suppressed as discussed in Article 3 of 6. You will need us to closely monitor the effects that the pre-emergents are having on the runners. Plugging does seem cheaper at first but not when having to manage wild grasses and the time and processes that are involved, as well as the cost of the pre-emergents. An additional concern worth mentioning when choosing to plug and needing Pre Emergents versus re sodding is that whenever using Pre-emergent products, a chemical netting is created over the soil surface that in every situation will prevent the roots of the runners from plugs from penetrating the soil. From our experience, plugs are typically placed 12” apart with the objective of sending out 30 to 50 runners per plug. However, when using pre-emergents, the chemical effect on the long-awaited growing runners from the plugs will prevent them from rooting; rather, the roots will curl up because they can’t penetrate the soil, which then causes the runners to be easily sucked up into any lawn mower cutting the grass. This happens because their root system has been chemically affected and will not be able to penetrate the soil. Thus, the reason that plugs are not recommended in this situation.
