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Fertilization schedule for Tahoma 31 sod first year #877448

Asked July 16, 2024, 11:09 AM EDT

What do you recommend for fertilization of a new Tahoma 31 sod lawn? We installed Tahoma 31 sod at our rebuilt home where the lawn was disturbed during construction. Recommendations seem to be  all over the place for fertilization amounts and schedules. We were careful to ammend the hard clay.  What do you recommend for fertilization amount and schedule in the first 1-2 years to establish the sod.

Thanks!

Boulder County Colorado

Expert Response

Hi Leah,

Thanks for contacting the Boulder County Extension Help Desk. Tahoma31 is a Bermuda grass. CSU has a good fact sheet on Turf care including Bermuda. You can find it at 

Lawn Care - 7.202 - Extension (colostate.edu)

Scroll down on the page and you will find the recommendations for fertilizing Bermuda grass.

I hope this helps,

Boulder County Extension Help Desk
An Ask Extension Expert Replied July 18, 2024, 1:41 PM EDT
Thanks - this information is for established lawns

We have NEW sod - what are the recommendations for new sod?  When is a lawn considered to be established.  


On Thu, Jul 18, 2024 at 11:41 AM Ask Extension <<personal data hidden>> wrote:
The Question Asker Replied July 18, 2024, 2:00 PM EDT
After around four weeks of consistent watering, if the sod is looking good, you could give it a light feeding.  If it has been that long already, a light feeding, especially of phosphorous and potassium will help with root development now. Tahoma is very efficient with nitrogen uptake so may not need that at this time. 
A soil test would give you more information about what is already in your soil, that can done through the CSU soil lab at 

Soil, Water and Plant Testing Laboratory - Soil Testing Lab (colostate.edu)

Hope this helps,

Boulder County Extension
An Ask Extension Expert Replied July 18, 2024, 2:44 PM EDT

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