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Options for building a New or Repairing an Existing Lawn

When it comes to lawns, there are four main methods for building a new lawn or repairing an existing lawn:  seeding, sodding, sprigging and plugging. Each of these methods vary in terms of cost, difficulty and effectiveness.

With the right tool, plugging can be a highly effective, low cost method of establishing a new lawn or repairing an existing one. There are many grasses that can be "plugged" and they all have one thing in common: they are "creeping" grasses. This means that they spread by sending out stems above (stolons) or below (rhizomes) the ground, which then sprout roots. Here are some varieties of creeping grasses:

Zoysiagrass

Bermudagrass

Bahiagrass

Kentucky Bluegrass

Creeping Red Fescue

Buffalograss

Rough Bluegrass

St. Augustinegrass*

Centipede grass

Seashore Paspalum

Note: Not recommended for St. Augustine Grass

View Video on lawn repair using your own grass for plugs.