SODDING VS SEEDING
Sodding Lawn
Advantages:
- Instant enjoyment
- Fairly weed-free in the beginning
- Sodded lawns control soil erosion on slopes and eliminate problems with mud while the grass is becoming established.
- Instant accessibility to the area
Disadvantages:
- Labor-intensive
- Less selection types of grass (shade or tolerance)
- Expensive
Seeding Lawn
Advantages:
- More grass types to choose from
- Less expensive than sodding
- Deeper root system
Disadvantages:
- Establishment takes longer
- Time of seeding is limited mainly to late summer and early fall
- Moisture is critical
- chance of invasion of weeds in soil
- The area is inaccessible until fully established