burning off zoysia grass
greg-57
13 years ago
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Comments (16)Hi:-don't listen to nay sayers. We have lived in Moorestown, NJ for 50+ years, and my mom convinced my dad to plant zoysia when his beloved Ky. blue just wouldn't grow. We fertilize in spring, and the only summer we tried to water was a disaster, the grass just gets a little paler as it goes dormant. I love the straw color, and when I do bag, it makes great mulch, improves the tilth-told my bro. "I'd rather have green grass in the summer than brown." It easily grows from underground stolons, and can be invasive at the edges, like flower beds. I have a huge amount that I would gladly give you if you would only help me dig it. It only grows to 8-9 inches, so don't cut it if you don't have height laws. Some years I only cut 5-7x a summer. I have also transplanted it to Ellendale De, and it is fantastic, basically neglected, rarely fertilized. It does best in FULL sun, but will tolerate some shade, just won't be as thick. I don't know variety, probably is Meyer as so old, I think Mom got it from Michigan. It feels like a luxurious carpet as you walk on it, virtually no weeds will grow, except onion, garlic, gone soon. My husband has cut ours twice already. send email phone whatever, you can come with shovel, knife, fork, and I will be eternally grateful. ann PS I hate the stuff, but roundup kills it easily. to plant, just make slit, drop in runner or rototill and put in sod--i have that much...See Morezoysia grass
Comments (8)Well at first I had to chuckle about living in south Illinois but after looking at the map I see you are not that far north of the Texas Panhandle (where I have been working (not living) for a couple years). There are zoysias that should be fine there if you don't mind long dormant periods. I am testing some zoysia at my home in San Antonio. The test is to see if it will push out bermuda. So far the zoysia is doing that but every now and then I pull a sprig of bermuda out of the zoysia. This is in a part of my unpaved driveway that is separated from the rest of the lawn. One thing I have learned is the zoysia I have needs to be mowed fairly low to keep it dense - hard to explain the details of that. I used to tell people I was born in the south. I was born in a relatively southern part of Canada....See MoreTrying to Kill off Zoysia
Comments (12)I killed off Zoysia with glyphosate sold in concentrate. I mixed it and used a 2 gallon sprayer. Before spraying, let it grow longer than normal and make sure it's nice and green. The healthier the grass looks, the better. After you spray it and it looks like it is dead rake it out to expose live grass. Spray it again. From beginning to end it's going to take about a month. Don't cut the grass. You want the green leaves to be as long as possible so they can suck in the glyphosate...See MoreZoysia Grass - Need advice
Comments (6)My first inclination is to try to reply with a thinly disguised rude response but I will try to resist. Yes my video is lacking in quality but if you think that is St Augustine you may want to have another expert check your own yard out. After owning and maintaining homes with St Augustine grass since the mid sixties not only can I identify it I can despise it as well. Shame on me for trying something different! What we planted was Zenith Zoysia seed. If anyone can tell me from the lousy video if this is what it should look like I would appreciate it. This is all I asked to begin with. I have never seen StAugustine grow in clumps or have thin pointed blades like the grass in the video. Thanks ahead of time for any helpful info. We already know that growing from seed is tough to do and are willing to spend a few years establishing this yard. We bought it because it is supposed to be drought tolerant, low maintenance, shade OK, etc. Sorry for diving into the original post but I figured anyone monitoring it would have Zoysia experience and possibly I could benefit from this....See Morebotanicalbill
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