When is the earliest we can lay sod?

We have a party on Apr 30th and our backyard is a mess. We only want to patch a certain area but I want to do it ASAP.

Re: When is the earliest we can lay sod?

You can lay your sod anytime in the Spring. I'd probably wait a few more weeks to get past these freezing nights, though. But it takes at least 2-3 weeks for sod to take root in ideal conditions, so I wouldn't want people walking over it at a party quite yet. So it may be cutting it close for an Apr 30 party. IMO, sod is expensive and I wouldn't want to risk damaging it. We laid a lot of sod last fall and most of it took, some of it didn't, so we're just throwing seeds down this Spring.

When is the earliest we can lay sod?

Thanks. We are just doing a really bad patch and then having all the seeding doNE by our landscaper after the party.