Discuss the situations in which seeding, sodding, stolonizing, and plugging might be more advantageous than other methods. Sodding, stolonizing, sprigging, and plugging are the four ways. Sodding is the cutting and transplanting of an established turf from one area to another. Rolls of sod are also available. Sod with too much soil left, or with soil that is sufficiently different than that of the intended area, can be difficult to establish due to soil interface problems.
Sod is expensive, and is limited to stoloniferous and rhizomatous species.
However, sod can be laid at most any time and will result in a mature turf in a few weeks. It should be strong, uniform, dense, weed, insect, and disease free, fresh, and certified. It should be the desired species or mix. Sod is cut with mechanical sod cutters as shallowly as possible without destroying its ability to hold together. Sod should be moved immediately to the site it is to be used.