Eco-friendly netting and methods of growing and harvesting sod using the same

A method of growing sod using an eco-friendly netting, said method comprising the steps of:

• (i) providing an eco-friendly netting, which includes:
• a plurality of fibers or yarns arranged in a substantially non-woven configuration, each of said plurality of fibers or yarns being formed from a substantially natural material, wherein said plurality of fibers or yarns form a pattern of netting apertures, each of said netting apertures passing completely through said eco-friendly netting, and each of said netting apertures being present in said eco-friendly netting prior to said eco-friendly netting being used for growing and/or harvesting;
• and wherein said eco-friendly netting has a transversal wide width strip tensile strength of less than 500 pounds per foot;
• (ii) loosening a top portion of a soil bed to prepare said soil bed for a planting of seeds;
• (iii) applying a plurality of seeds to said soil bed such that said plurality of seeds are embedded in said soil bed;
• (iv) unrolling and arranging a plurality of strips of said eco-friendly netting on a top of said soil bed in an overlapping manner;
• (v) anchoring a plurality of outer edges of said plurality of said netting strips into the ground so as to retain said eco-friendly netting in place;
• (vi) irrigating said plurality of seeds in said soil bed so that grass grows in said soil bed and roots of said grass intertwine with said plurality of fibers or yarns of said eco-friendly netting;
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• (vii) harvesting sod when said grass develops into a mature state.

A method of harvesting sod using an eco-friendly netting, said method comprising the steps of:

• (i) providing an eco-friendly netting, which includes:
• a plurality of fibers or yarns arranged in a substantially non-woven configuration, each of said plurality of fibers or yarns being formed from a substantially natural material, wherein said plurality of fibers or yarns form a pattern of netting apertures, each of said netting apertures passing completely through said eco-friendly netting, and each of said netting apertures being present in said eco-friendly netting prior to said eco-friendly netting being used for growing and/or harvesting;
• and wherein said eco-friendly netting has a transversal wide width strip tensile strength of less than 500 pounds per foot;
• (ii) installing a netting roll of said eco-friendly netting in a mechanical harvester;
• (iii) dispensing said eco-friendly netting from said netting roll, and supporting an underside of sod cut and extracted by said mechanical harvester prior to said sod being wound onto a core;
• (iv) when a sod roll formed by the winding of said sod onto said core reaches a predetermined diameter, cutting said sod and wrapping said eco-friendly netting around said sod roll a predetermined number of times so as to secure said sod roll;
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• (v) cutting said eco-friendly netting with a device on said harvester.