Types of Sod, Lawn Variety, The Sod Source, Unadilla, GA

Variety Charts

Grass Species	Shade Tolerance	Water Requirement	Traffic Tolerance
Palmetto St Augustine®	High	Medium	Low
Raleigh St Augustine	Very low	Med-Low	High
JaMar Zoysia®	Medium	Very Low	Medium
Zeon Zoysia®	High	Medium	Medium
Meyer Zoysia	Med.-High	Medium	High
Centipede	Med.-High	Medium	Medium
Fescue	High	High-Medium	Low
Bermuda 419	Low	Low	High

Grass Species	Cold Tolerance	Leaf Texture	Disease Potential
Palmetto St Augustine®	Medium	Med-Course	High
Raleigh St Augustine	Medium	Med-Course	High
JaMar Zoysia®	High	Medium	Low
Zeon Zoysia®	High	Fine	Low
Meyer Zoysia	High	Medium	Med-Low
Centipede	Medium	Medium	Low
Fescue	High	Med-Fine	Med-High
Bermuda 419	High	Fine	Low

Grass Species	Mowing Frequency	Mowing Height	Fertilizer Requirement
Palmetto St Augustine®	5-7 days	1.5”-2.5”	Med
Raleigh St Augustine	5-7 days	2”-3”	Med
JaMar Zoysia®	7-10 days	1”-2”	Med-Low
Zeon Zoysia®	7-10 days	1”-2”	Med
Meyer Zoysia	7-10 days	1”-2”	Med
Centipede	7-10 days	1.5”-2.5”	Low
Fescue	5-7 days	2”-3”	Med
Bermuda 419	3-7 days	½” – 1.5”	High

Palmetto St Augustine®

Palmetto St. Augustine has a deep green color, and medium texture. It is superb shade tolerance, cold tolerance, and disease resistance.

Characteristics

	Hot Weather Tolerance:	Excellent
	Shade Tolerance:	Excellent
	Wear Resistance:	Good
	Salt Tolerance:	Good
	Injury Recovery:	Good
	Winter Color:	Dormant to Semi-Dormant
	Mowing Height:	1.5 to 2.5 inches

General Maintenance

Soil & Fertilizer:
Prefers neutral to alkaline soil – Fertilize twice a year, spring and fall, with complete fertilizer (10-10-10). Use 10lbs per 1000ft on each application. Apply 3 additional applications of Nitrogen only during the summer months at a rate of 1lb of Nitrogen per 1000ft (This will bearound 5 pounds of the actual Fertilizer).

Watering:
During sod establishment water every day so that the soil is socked 3-4 inches deep and do not allow to wilt. An additional watering might be needed. The primary watering should be done between 1:00pm and 5:00pm. Established sod should be watered everyday during the hot months are about every 4-7 days during cooler months.

Mowing:
Mow 5-7 days at 1.5 to 2.5 inches

Fungicides:
Use Daconil to prevent disease on monthly basis.

Raleigh St Augustine

Raleigh is a vigorous, medium green, medium texture, lawn grass. It was selected for the central of St. Augustine decline disease and for it cold tolerance. It is presently the highest ranking cold tolerant verity available.

Characteristic

	Hot Weather Tolerance:	Good
	Shade Tolerance:	Good (3-4 hours o filtered Sun)
	Wear Resistance:	Fair
	Salt Tolerance:	Good
	Injury Recovery:	Fair
	Winter Color:	Dormant
	Mowing Height:	2” Medium
	Disease, Weed, and Insect Resistance:	Well maintained lawn will provide good weed resistance but fungal diseases will have to be controlled with fungicides.

General Maintenance

Soil and Fertilizer:
Prefers neutral to alkaline soil-fertilize twice a year, spring and fall, with complete Fertilizer (10-10-10). Use 10lbs per 1000ft on each application. Apply 3 additional applications of nitrogen only during the summer months at a rate of 1lb of nitrogen per 1000ft (This will be around 5 pounds of the actual fertilizer)

JaMar Zoysia®

JaMar is a medium texture zoysia grass developed for use in high traffic, high visibility application. Has very excellent shade tolerance.

Characteristics

	Hot Weather Tolerance:	Good
	Shade Tolerance:	Good (3-4 hours of filtered sun)
	Wear Resistance:	Excellent
	Salt Tolerance:	Good
	Injury Recovery:	Excellent
	Winter Color:	Dormant
	Mowing Height:	2 inches
	Disease, Weed, and Insect resistance:	Very good weed suppression, low disease problems and insect problems

General Maintenance

Fertilization and Soil:
Use 10-10-10 at rate of 10 pounds per 1000ft in spring for green-up and same application mid to late summer. P.H. level of 5.5 to 7.0.

Watering:
During sod establishment water every day so that the soil is socked 3-4inches deep and do not allow to wilt. An additional watering might be needed. The primary watering should be done between 1:00pm and 5:00pm. Established sod should be watered everyday during the hot months are about every 4-7 days during cooler months.

Mowing:
Mow every 5 to 7 days at height of 2-3 inches

Fungicides:
Full application of Daconil

Zeon Zoysia®

Zeon Zoysia® is another of the improved zoysia cultivars chosen for its superior genetic characteristics by BladeRunner Farms. Discovered by David Doguet, this fine-textured progeny came from selections collected by USDA breeder Jack Murray, in Kobe, Japan. Zeon was engineered and developed to provide the landscape industry with a superior fine bladed zoysia, with increased shade tolerance, low incidence of thatch production, and an accelerated rate of spread. In addition, unlike Emerald Zoysia, Zeon, is extremely low maintenance and can be mowed using a standard rotary type machine.

Characteristics

	Hot Weather Tolerance:	Excellent
	Shade Tolerance:	Medium to High
	Wear Resistance:	Excellent
	Salt Tolerance:	Medium
	Injury Recovery:	Excellent
	Winter Color:	Dormant
	Mowing Height:	1”-2”

Meyer Zoysia

Meyer Zoysia is a medium green, medium texture grass has a highly desirable appearance.

Characteristics

	Hot Weather Tolerance:	Good
	Shade Tolerance:	Fair
	Wear Resistance:	Good
	Salt Tolerance:	Good
	Injury Recovery:	Good
	Winter Color:	Dormant
	Mowing Height:	1.5 to 2.5 inches
	Disease, Weed, and Insect Tolerance:	Low disease problems, has great weed suppression and very little insect problems.

General Maintenance

Fertilizer and Soil:
Apply 10 pounds of 10-10-10 per 1000ft in early spring and late summer. P.H. Level of 5.5 to 7.0.

Watering:
During sod establishment water every day so that the soil is socked 3-4inches deep and do not allow to wilt. An additional watering might be needed. The primary watering should be done between 1:00pm and 5:00pm. Established sod should be watered everyday during the hot months are about every 4-7 days during cooler months

Mowing:
Mow every 7-10 days at 2inches. Make sure you remove clipping to prevent that build up.

Fungicides:
Tolerant to daconil, sentinel or eagle

Centipede

Centipede is a medium green color with medium texture very suitable for low maintenance.

Characteristics

	Hot Weather Tolerance:	Excellent
	Shade Tolerance:	Med to Low
	Wear Resistance:	Fair
	Injury Recovery:	Good
	Winter Color:	Dormant
	Mowing Height:	1.5” to 2.5” inches
	Disease, Weed, and Insect Tolerance:	Use daconil for disease prevention. Will have little to no insect problems. With a Very healthy lawn at 2inches you will have very little wee pressure.

General Maintenance

Fertilizer and Soil:
Apply 1 application of 10-10-10 at a rate of 5 pound per 1000ft after 90% green up not before. Then a 2nd application at the same rate in late summer.

Watering:
During sod establishment water every day so that the soil is socked 3-4inches deep and do not allow to wilt. An additional watering might be needed. The primary watering should be done between 1:00pm and 5:00pm. Established sod should be watered everyday during the hot months are about every 4-7 days during cooler months

Mowing:
Mow every 2-10 days at height 2 inches.

Fescue

Fescue is a cool season grass grown mostly in the northern parts of the United States. New varities have made it possible to enjoy grass as far south as North Georgia well suited for cool, moist growing conditions.

Characteristics

Hot Weather Tolerance:	Poor
Shade Tolerance:	Excellent
Salt Tolerance:	Good
Wear Resistance:	Poor
Injury Recovery:	Moderate
Winter Color:	Green
Mowing Height:	2-4 inches once/week
Disease, Weed, and Insect Resistance:	Fairly good weed control and good fungus control during cool months. Will require some attention during hot months.

General Maintenance

Soil and Fertilizer:
Grows well in clay to sandy soils neutral to alkalize soils. Above tolerance For acidic soils P.H. level of 4.5 to 8.5. Need 1 pound of actual nitrogen per 1000ft per growing month or every 45days. Fertilize twice per year with 10 pounds of 10-10-10 per 1000ft.

Watering:
During sod establishment water every day so that the soil is socked 3-4inches deep and do not allow to wilt. An additional watering might be needed. The primary watering should be done between 1:00pm and 5:00pm. Established sod should be watered everyday during the hot months are about every 4-7 days during cooler months

Mowing:
Every 4-7 days at height of 2-4 inches

Tifway 419 Bermuda

Dark green in color and medium fine texture. Grow best in full sun. Excellent disease resistance.

Characteristics

	Hot Weather Tolerance:	Excellent
	Shade Tolerance:	Low-requires full sun
	Wear Resistance:	Excellent
	Salt Tolerance:	Very Good
	Injury Recovery:	Excellent
	Winter Color:	Dormant
	Mowing Height:	½ inch to 2inches
	Disease, Weed, and Insect Resistance:	Aggressive to compete with weed but will not hold them out completely, Minimum disease and insect problems.

General Maintenance

Fertilization:
Apply complete fertilizer during spring and fall. (10-10-10 at rate of 10lbs per 1000ft) Make 2-3 nitrogen applications during summer. P.H. level of 5.5-7.0.

Watering:
Apply at least 1inch of water as deep soaking every 4days or as needed. During sod establishment it will need to be watered daily between the hours of 12:00 midnight and 9:00 am.

Mowing:
Need mowing about every 4-7 days. Never remove more than 1/3 of shoot growth in one mowing. The lower you mow it the more frequent it will need to be mowed.

Fungicide:
Tolerant to daconil

Herbzides:
2-40. MSMA, Dicamba, Imaxaqum, Pennant, Balen, Prowl, Betesan, Simizme.