Killing Grass with Sod Cutter

I recently cut sod in my yard with a motorized sod cutter. I cut the sod at about a 2” depth. My original plan was the remove the sod and plant a garden in the bare dirt. However, because of a recent medical condition. I haven’t got around to moving it .

So far I have gotten lucky and it hasn’t rained very much for over 8 days. The grass looks pretty dead and I’m hoping to save some energy not moving it. I’m wondering if it will continue to die or will the grass come back to life later on?

If I understand correctly, the sod was cut at a 2" depth but left in place.

If that's the case, I would say it's dormant but not dead. If you can flip the sod over you'll have better luck. There's a lot of organic matter there and if you can, it's a good idea to incorporate it into your soil.

Douglas Alpenstock wrote:If I understand correctly, the sod was cut at a 2" depth but left in place.

If that's the case, I would say it's dormant but not dead. If you can flip the sod over you'll have better luck. There's a lot of organic matter there and if you can, it's a good idea to incorporate it into your soil.

Ok good to know, I didn’t want it growing back again later.

What I have read is that some folks on the forum just turn the sod over aand plant the garden.

Bryant Redhawk said, Turning sod over by just cutting the sod loose from the soil underneath is not a bad thing, it will kill the grass plants and that keeps them from coming back.

https://permies.com/t/52409/Turning-Sod-garden-beds#424017