Comments regarding Todd Valley Farms

Very, Very disappointed with Todd Valley Farms and their Legacy Buffalograss, it will definitly leave a legacy with me. I will never ever buy any of there products. They shipped the sod in an uncovered semi truck that went down the interstate for 5 hours, by the time the sod made it here it was so dried out that the legacy turf feel apart as soon as you went to lay the stuff. Horrible stuff, it took 20 hours to lay 10 rolls of sod, and we lost easily 3 rolls of sod, just from all the sod that fell apart. Plus looking at their sod that has been laid in our area the past couple of years, it looks like crap, it has all died, and the just about the only thing still living is all the weeds that Todd Valley gives you, but I looked on the invoice and those come free. From here on I will try my luck with seeds or go to Fort Collins and get my sod. Thanks for nothing!

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I am sorry to hear of your problems with Legacy sod. You need to know buffalograss is not like other grasses. It does not have rhizomes to hold together as a solid sod. It is held together by the above ground stolens. This makes the sod pieces difficult to handle, especially early in the season. . Bufflograss also goes through a stress period after installation so it will turn brown for several weeks after installation before greening back up. We discourage homeowners from laying their own buffalograss sod. It needs to be machine installed. We reccommend the use of our accelerated growth plugs instead. They are more economical, easy to plant and do not go through a stress period. Planted 12 to 18 inchess apart they will usually give complete coverage in 3 - 4 growing months. In Nebrasaka they can be planted starting May 1 and also require less water to establish. When converting a lawn to buffalograss there is no need to remove the old grass. Just spray with Roundup, mow short and plant. This saves a lot of work and is the best way. The old grass acts as erosion control, mulch and a weed barrier. They are delivered directly to your door via UPS. See: http://toddvalleyfarms.com/PlugInstallation.htm
We have tried to convivce the NRD to use plugs in their program but they say the grant requires them to use sod.

Wayne Thorson"