Jamie Steinberg, Author at Mr. WiseGrass-Arizona Sod & California Sod Blog

29
Aug

Labor Day – Proof Your Lawn

Summer is the perfect time for a backyard barbeque and Labor Day Weekend is the pinnacle of the outdoor party fun. While everyone is enjoying themselves eating, grilling, standing around talking to friends, and playing cornhole, your beautiful sod lawn may be suffering under the foot traffic (and paw traffic from the four-legged party-goers). Follow our tips for keeping your sod lawn in tip top shape and keeping the damage minimal.

Tip #1: Musical Chairs is more than just a game

Large items, such as furniture, create damage to your sod when they are on it in one spot for too long. The sod becomes deprived of the oxygen and nutrients it needs to flourish and will often turn brown as the grass dies. To prevent this, move these heavy objects around every other day to different parts of your yard. For your outdoor parties, this goes for the grill, backyard games, furniture, and all other heavy objects.

Tip #2: Mulch ado about nothing

Mulch can be used in a number of ways in your yard, one of which is a space filler. If you have spots that need covering or want to keep them from forming, mulch is a great solution and looks nice in your yard.

Tip #3: Bed of roses

Make sure your flowers won’t be trampled on by party goers! Decorative fences or other landscaping to separate your flowers from the rest of your sod lawn will keep people from walking where they shouldn’t and ruining your beautiful florals!

Tip #4: Get in touch with West Coast Turf to repair any damaged sod or to install a new sod lawn that’s sure to impress at your Labor Day BBQ, or any other outdoor parties!

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26
Jul

Installation at Troon North Golf Club in Scottsdale, AZ

A few blog posts ago, we talked about being the official turfgrass providers to the Arizona Diamondbacks. Baseball is only one of the sports that we provide turfgrass for. Last month, we installed bentgrass at Troon North Golf Club in Scottsdale. By all appearances, our project began on June 25, which is the point which we have had big and small rolls delivered and throughout that time, we’ve installed three greens per week. This has been ongoing and will culminate in the finished product, on July 31. However, this project actually commenced in October of 2017. At that time, Troon North contacted West Coast Turf – known for our expertise in Arizona sod – and contracted us to custom-grow A1/A4 bent grass on our farm in Escondido, CA. At that point, seed was planted in October.

Overall, a total of 130,000 square feet will have been delivered and installed by the end of July. Our big rolls are four feet wide and thirty feet long and our small rolls are sixteen inches wide by five feet in length. Troon North is a hallmark of the Scottsdale desert golf scene, boasting two beautiful 18-hole courses that stretch through landcapes such as natural ravines and foothills, with giant granite boulders scattered across the Sonoran Desert landscape.

When you need an expert in Arizona sod, installing turf grass at your golf course, baseball field, or football field – contact West Coast Turf. https://www.westcoastturf.com/

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21
Jun

Arizona Sod Summer Watering Tips

You don’t need to check the forecast every day to know that for the next few months…it’s hot. These high temperatures can be the death of your Arizona sod – literally. The high temperatures and extreme heat can dry out your sod and kill your grass if it isn’t watered properly. On the other end of that spectrum, overwatering kills even more lawns than any other cause! Don’t lose hope – you can keep your Arizona sod alive and thriving if you follow our summer watering tips.

-Water areas that are shaded about 30% less than areas in direct sunlight. This will keep you from overwatering – which can lead to fungus!

-Don’t water your sod lawn in the middle of the day! Waiting until nighttime or early morning, when the water won’t evaporate in the sunlight and the wind won’t affect the water’s ability to soak into the sod. This helps the water to get down further, nurturing the roots. Between the times of 4 am and 8 am are perfect to water!

-Think of rain as nature’s watering system and give the grass a day off! We know, it doesn’t rain much in the summer. But on the occasion that it does, you don’t need to water your sod lawn further.

-Water slowly and evenly. This makes sure all the grass is getting the water it needs and no more or less. One method of ensuring this is to divide the lawn into sections and do one at a time.

-Decrease watering frequency. Even on the hottest days of summer, most lawns don’t need to be watered daily.

Here are some signs to look for to tell if you are underwatering.
1. The grass doesn’t spring back up after you step on it.

2. The lawn still feels warm even after the sun has gone down

3. You aren’t able to easily push a screwdriver down into the soil

On the reverse side of that, some signs of overwatering:

1. Presence of mushrooms or algae

2. The grass emits a musty odor

3. Puddles of water are present in any areas

4. Soft soil when you walk on it

We are experts in Arizona sod lawns and can answer any questions you may have about maintaining yours!

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14
May

West Coast Turf – Official Turfgrass Providers to the Arizona Diamondbacks

“If you build it, they will come.” – Field of Dreams

The iconic line from Field of Dreams is true: if you build it, they will come. But you have to build it well, and with the right materials. In February, we installed Platinum T.E. at Chase Field, home of the Arizona Diamondbacks. Platinum T.E. is a new variety of natural turfgrass sod, the same type found on the Atlanta Braves, Houston Astros, and Florida Marlin’sfields. We started out small last season and installed it in the infield and arch, and so thoroughly impressed the Diamondback’s head groundskeeper, Grant Trenbeath that we made the transition ahead of the 2018 season. What makes the difference with this new sod is that it has a shorter dormancy period than the bermudagrass, which cuts out the necessity of a ryegrass overseed. For the first time, there won’t be a transition period from rye to bermuda at Chase Field.

John Marman, our Vice President of Sales and Marketing, says of the new sod, “There are always new advancements in technology in the industry, and that includes turfgrass. This Platinum will do quite well in the low light conditions Chase Field struggles with in some areas. It also ‘stripes’ much better than bermuda to create crisp mowing patterns.” Another bonus is that it is an environmentally-friendly grass that only requires one-third of the nitrogen fertility that bermudagrass uses, in addition to less water.

At West Coast Turf we pride ourselves on being experts in growing and installing sod in professional baseball facilities. In addition to the Arizona Diamondbacks – for whom we have been the official turfgrass providers since their inaugural season in 1998, we also provide turfgrass for the San Diego Padres, Los Angeles Dodgers, San Francisco Giants, Oakland Athletics, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, as well as many MLB spring training facilities.

We are a full-service sod, hydroseeding, and stolonization company with offices and farms throughout Arizona and California and grow more than 30 varieties of natural turfgrass. In addition to baseball fields, we also have been the grower and installer for eight Super Bowls spanning from California to Florida, several NFL and MLS teams.

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Labor Day – Proof Your Lawn

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