# What's The Deal With Artificial Grass?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-artificial-grass/599778>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [October 16, 2011, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-artificial-grass/599778 "2011-10-16T00:49:10Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 16, 2011, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-artificial-grass/599778/1 "2011-10-16T00:49:10Z")

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We live in the mountains in SoCal, it gets up to 114\* in the summer and we’re on a well. It’s a big house with big lawn areas and I have been resisting putting in sprinklers, mixing the soil and seeding or turfing…and watering, fertilizing and mowing for the rest of my life. I have seen some pretty cool artificial grass at malls in Arizona, but don’t really know how much it costs or how long it really lasts. I have done the Google thing and there is a dizzying array of choices, weights and colors. We will put it in ourselves, so I’m really looking for specifics on the material itself. I want something that’s visually good enough to fool someone walking by…no putting green or shiny green carpet stuff. Thanks.