What Is The Best Grass For New Orleans Area?

The best grass is determined by your site conditions and usage requirements. These are the two most important factors to determine the best grass for your property. If you plan to have a lot of foot traffic and high usage, you should select one of the tougher grasses like Zoysia grass, Bermuda grass, and St. Augustine grass. If your property has trees or structures which block the sun for portions of the day, you may want to choose St. Augustine grass or zoysia grass for shady areas.  if your lawn area recieves full sun most of the day, you can choose Either of the grasses including centipede grass.  Centipede is a good choice for low maintenance grass. However, it does not do very well with high foot traffic or a lot of shade that blocks sunlight.

When Is The Best time to plant sod in Louisiana?

A common question we receive is when is the best time to plant sod in Louisiana?

I generally recommend spring through fall, but you can lay your sod grass anytime in Louisiana. South Louisiana rarely freezes for long periods of time, which makes it a great habitat for most warm season grasses.

Early spring sod installation is the optimal time due to the warm days, cool nights, and lengthening day light hours.

Fall is probably the next best time since the temperatures are similar to spring.

Planting your new lawn can also be done during winter months, which will allow the grass to establish a strong root system while the leaf blades are dormant. When spring arrives again, your grass is already in place, well rooted, and ready to grow.

Summer heat can be very stressful on freshly cut and newly installed sod grass.  It is very important to begin watering your new grass as soon as you lay it to reduce the amount of heat stress the grass experiences.

What Is The Best Grass For Wet Areas?

 

People often ask us what Is the best grass for wet areas? There are multiple answers to that question. The climate in south Louisiana is what is classified as sub –  tropical. Which means it is warm most of the year and quite moist. Due to the amounts of water and rain we receive in South Louisiana, we often experience long periods of rain, high river and water levels, which lead to flooding. This flooding causes many issues. Besides destroying homes, buildings and cars, this heavy rain and flooding causes issues with our landscape plants, and lawn grass.

What is the best grass for wet areas?

Most lawn grass does not like to be in wet conditions to long. Certain turf grasses can handle moist soil conditions better than others.

Bermuda grass can withstand drought and seasonal heavy rain. It is used in areas along coast lines and in residential communities across the United States and many other countries.  The issue with bermudagrass is that it doesn’t grow in shady areas, which limits the places where you can use it.

St. Augustine grass can tolerate heavy rain, occasional flooding, and shady areas. However, St. Augustine grass doesn’t like to remain in standing water for long periods of time.

Zoysia grass can handle similar conditions to St. Augustine, but shows more stress after being wet for too long. Zoysiagrass will recover most times.

Centipede grass can withstand moderate levels of water and moisture, but does not like heavy foot traffic in those conditions.

Buffalo Grass – this type of grass is known as one of the best types because it can withstand drought, heat, cold, and snow. It also has a deep root system which makes it perfect for moist environments.

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