"This data will be helpful because the City of San Antonio has passed a conservation ordinance that addresses new turf installation that is supposed to go into effect January 2007," Havlak said. "The ordinance will require new home construction to have at least 4 inches of topsoil before a lawn is established, and that's the amount we used in our plot testing. It will also require that during new home construction, landscapers plant grasses most likely to survive a 60-day drought. Of course, it's imperative that this is all based on good science."
Wish this was an ordinance around here. People are laying sod over rocky, bottly, 2x4-y clay crap, just because that's the only way to win bids. Bobcat + topsoil costs too much, so the construction people are grading it themselves and just asking for the sod to be put down... Good for them in San Antonio.
Wish this was an ordinance around here. People are laying sod over rocky, bottly, 2x4-y clay crap, just because that's the only way to win bids. Bobcat + topsoil costs too much, so the construction people are grading it themselves and just asking for the sod to be put down... Good for them in San Antonio.