Zoysia grass. Your experience with:
The ads for this stuff seems too good to be true. I live in Mississippi and Bermuda or St Augustine rule around here and both are a pain. I would like to try Zoysia but no one around here has any. Nor do I know anyone who knows anyone that has it.
If you have experience with it, I would appreciate your feedback, Thanks, Tom
If you have experience with it, I would appreciate your feedback, Thanks, Tom
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quote:Originally posted by tccox
The ads for this stuff seems too good to be true.
Think this was asked before. If I recall, your right. St Augustine is about the only thing that grows worth a crap IMHOP here in CA. However you can't buy seed. You can only get it in sod.0 -
Here in florida the Zoyia grass turnes brown in the summer if you dont constantly water it, and with water restrictions your lawn becomes light tan in color..Not to mention a good Zoyia lawn is tough on lawnmowers..[8D] 0 -
This is why I am asking. Their ad clearly states: "It stays green in spite of heat and drought". The hotter it gets, the better."
You know the ads you get in all the magazines and such. How can they make such claims if it is not true??
I am looking for a low maintenance yard and it certainly gets hot and dry here. I don't mind watering a little and fertilizing but the way they advertize their grass, it practically takes care of itself!! Tom0 -
I have it, I like it. Around here it takes a long time to turn green in the spring, mid-late April, but stays green longer in the fall. I haven't noticed it being hard on the mower, keeps a very even height, grows slow(less cutting), looks great, and feels like a thick firm carpet. Don't know if it needs an exceptional amount of water, we usually get enough rain, and if there's a dry spell water is basically free here. 0 -
Ask Spurgemaster, grass is his thing. I think he should be able to tell you what would be best to grow. He's getting a Masters Degree in grass or something. 0 -
I'm on the Gulf in Alabama. I have it and it turned green three weeks ago and is coming in strong. Good grass to have and wonderful to walk on.
Ordered it from Parade Magazine ad three years ago and goofed off plugging it in. It's still coming together.[:p]0 -
P3, I'm alittle confused. You waited 3 years to sprig it?? How did it live that long?? Tom 0 -
quote:Originally posted by tccox
P3, I'm alittle confused. You waited 3 years to sprig it?? How did it live that long?? Tom
Nah, sprigged it within a couple of days of receipt. I have a big yard, it's still creeping together. I've gone to building a big bonfire every year and transplanting some one foot squares of established Zoysia sod to the bare patch. Different place every year.0 -
Oh! You guys are talking about lawns. If that's the case I have nothing to add. I wondered why none of the names sounded familiar. 0 -
Aspen, and just what kind of grass do you have experience with?? Is it something I can use for a lawn?? Tom 0 -
I just hydroseeded the yard.. 
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quote:Originally posted by jc_crazyhorse
Ask Spurgemaster, grass is his thing. I think he should be able to tell you what would be best to grow. He's getting a Masters Degree in grass or something.
Nope. I can tell you a little bit about what encourages weeds and I've a fair sense for which plants to expect where....but that's a far cry from knowing about making lawns or houseplants happy. If it were my lawn I'd probably try to find something native. Get that established and you don't have to do much to it. Of course natives don't usually make that nice thick green carpet that people like.
But I think there is at least one turf-management member on board...I just can't remember who.0 -
quote:Originally posted by spurgemastur
quote:Originally posted by jc_crazyhorse
Ask Spurgemaster, grass is his thing. I think he should be able to tell you what would be best to grow. He's getting a Masters Degree in grass or something.
Nope. I can tell you a little bit about what encourages weeds and I've a fair sense for which plants to expect where....but that's a far cry from knowing about making lawns or houseplants happy. If it were my lawn I'd probably try to find something native. Get that established and you don't have to do much to it. Of course natives don't usually make that nice thick green carpet that people like.
But I think there is at least one turf-management member on board...I just can't remember who.
Get your soil tested to start with. Ph levels will dictate what needs to be done to grow grass. Then find out what kind of grass your soil likes. Sod is expensive. Hydroseeding is about 1/3 sodding cost.
Ace Hydroseeding
"We Grow Grass"0 -
Zoysia is great in that it spreads rapidly and chokes out all weeds. It looks outstanding in the summer but is brown when it goes dormant in the winter. The side of my house has Zoysia and totally stops the weeds in the backyard from getting into the front yard.
You will not see this in local home depots because once you have it, you will have no need for weed killers or much of any type of lawn maintenence products. That's why you need to go through mail order. With sprigs, expect 2-3 years before it really comes in.0 -
http://www.zoysias.com/
Here is information and cost of seed retail.0
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