laying new st. augustine sod

craigeast – posted 02 April 2009 15:59

My lawn was severely damaged by chinch bugs and now I need to replace it all with new sod. I was wondering if it was necessary for me to remove the old sod because this is extremely expensive. Can I just kill the old grass and till it then place the new sod on top.

Alex_in_FL – posted 17 April 2009 21:09

If you kill the old and till it under (or severely scrape the surface) then you should be okay. Some say you can just put it down atop the old but I don’t like that approach.

Best of luck to you.