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Is doing so good. Who says Zoysia from seed is a dream.....
Filling in nicely. By fall it should be completely covering the front yard.
Filling in nicely. By fall it should be completely covering the front yard.
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very nice. roll around in it yet?
I need to plant some grass. Is this type consider aggressive like Bermuda? Would like something that spreads but (if I can have my cake and eat it to) not be a pita to keep away from the flower beds.
Yeh - it is pretty aggressive. Depends on the blend though. Some will be more aggressive then others.
What blend/type of zoysia did you plant? I seeded my yard at our last house, and plan on doing it to our new place next year.
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What blend/type of zoysia did you plant? I seeded my yard at our last house, and plan on doing it to our new place next year.
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My neighbors house is up for sale. While it's empty I may or may not be planning on taking some transplant plugs from that zoysia for my yard
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Lawless
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Yes, yes I have...
LOL, i fight sedge and crabgrass daily... We all have our battles. This stuff should choke all infidels by next summer.
Then Zoysia is for you. Not aggressive, slow spreading and Compadre is designed to look like tall fescue and actually blend with it.
Thank you, get it from Southern Seeds in Middlesex if possible. They are a HUGE help and have pro grade chems.
Not sure if it will do well that far north.
Compadre. It is not at all aggressive compared to Bermuda. If you take care of your flower beds reasonably regularly, no issues.
decent prices are pretty easy to find. I've always wanted to do this but I would have to plant an entire acre right now.
https://www1.zoysiafarms.com/ordernow.jsp
What you seeketh is centipede grass. Aka Lazy mans grass. Slow growing, spreads on top with stolons, so it rarely pops up under flower beds, will go over low structure first. Needs little to no fertilizer.
My particular strain has withstood flood and drought. During cold or drought the grass goes dormant, turns brown but doesn't die. Wakes back up with warmth and moisture. Usually can survive a summer with just morning dew in our humid climate. Don't have to water the yard during dry periods to keep it alive, just to make it greener.
They recommend plugs or sod, but I started mine from seed mixed with a little carpet grass. The carpet grass will spread fast and give fast coverage, then the slow growing centipede will eventually take over and choke all the carpet grass out.
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lol
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With the rain it is really spreading and thickening up. Already lots of the little weeds have been choked out like the little beotches they are.
"Say my name weed!"
"Daddy Zoysia! Daddy Zoysia!"
"Say my name weed!"
"Daddy Zoysia! Daddy Zoysia!"
Do you have to use an edger to keep it from taking over everything?
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No, it has not been an issue. I run the trimmer vertically maybe every other week along the flower beds and it is fine. It is almost like it has no interest in going in among the day lillies and yarrow LOL.
Now the bermuda in the back yard is a struggle to keep out of the beds. I spray those borders with roundup every week. It is not an aggressive grass at all compared to bermuda but it does spread like all warm season grasses. It has really begun to fill in all the little holes that were there since the initial seeding. I expect a nice thick carpet of sod by the middle of next summer.
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I'm slowly plugging an acre with Zeon Zoysia, this tool's the ticket. Made near Charlotte, call them and you usually can get a better deal, I bought four. There's a farm in SC that has the Zeon for 1/2 of anything else I found.
http://www.proplugger.com/
Full Sun, some Zoysias do well with 4-6 hours sun minimum.
Plugs in concrete, I mean clay. It should be amazing in a couple years, I've seeded annual rye to control erosion.
This is what I'm plugging- http://theturfgrassgroup.com/varieties/zeon/
NC State has a great resource, you can also sign up with your zip code and type of grass. They'll send you alerts (bugs, mold, time to fertilize) if you sign up as well.
This will guide your selection- http://www.turffiles.ncsu.edu/tools/grass-selection
http://www.turffiles.ncsu.edu/#
This is what I'm plugging- http://theturfgrassgroup.com/varieties/zeon/
NC State has a great resource, you can also sign up with your zip code and type of grass. They'll send you alerts (bugs, mold, time to fertilize) if you sign up as well.
This will guide your selection- http://www.turffiles.ncsu.edu/tools/grass-selection
http://www.turffiles.ncsu.edu/#