The method of planting grass that involves placing individual sections of rhizomes or stolon in rows of trenches in the ground and then covering with soil and packing is called:

• A. Sodding
• B. Sprigging
• C. Plugging
• D. Hydro Seeding

Answer: (B)

Sprigging uses segments of the grass’s runners—rhizomes or stolons—placed directly in rows or trenches in the soil, then covered and packed to ensure good soil contact. This vegetative method establishes plants quickly because each piece already contains a growth point and roots, so it can root in place and spread to form a continuous turf. It differs from sodding, which moves whole turf mats onto the surface; from plugging, which inserts small soil plugs containing grass into holes in a grid; and from hydro seeding, which sprays a slurry of seed and mulch over the ground rather than using runners.