Idaho Sod 2

Idaho Sod 2

David Sparks Ph.D.
David Sparks Ph.D.
We took a trip down near Idaho falls to meet up with Idaho Sod owner Kurt Schwieder. My name is Kurt Schwester. “You know, generally if you put sod on something that hasn't been prepared up to planting, it usually turns out to be not a good idea. You're fighting everything from weeds and pests and other things. So so it all starts with following a good crop like potatoes or alfalfa or something. We've even followed grain a lot of times, but making sure that the ground is is going to be good and that it's going to be able to, you know, we're going to be able to water it correctly and all of that. And then from there, you know, see soil prep to seeding to a lot of inputs, fertilizer, herbicides that we use watering, turf grass, generally a rule of thumb of turf grass,. you'll use about, oh, around thirty to thirty five inches of water a year, to water, turf grass, to keep it healthy, middle of the summer, that's two to two and a half inches a week sometimes. And then from start to finish from seeding to the finished product, a general rule of thumb is that 12 to 16 months of maturity before we're able to cut it and deliver it to the customer.”
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