How To Care For New Sod In Summer. If you see signs of disease and fungi, apply good quality fungicide to the sod. During the fall and spring, you can usually water once per day.
Excessive sun exposure in the afternoon is a big reason for those patches of dead grass. Begin watering newly laid sod within 30 minutes of installation. From day two on, keep your sod and soil moist throughout the day.
After about three weeks, you can begin watering every other day and after about a month you can begin watering as you would an established lawn, as the roots of your new sod should be established.
After the first couple of weeks, turn the sprinklers off for a couple of days. Follow a watering schedule for your sod based on the time of year it is installed. For the first seven to 10 days, new sod requires five to 10 minutes of watering, two to three times daily. This care schedule is required until the sod’s root system grows and becomes intact with the soil.