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| Good Morning All,
In May we had Zenith Zoysia sod put down. We had spent a fortune on remodeling a house so we had to have the yard to go with it. The mistake was we did not put in a sprinkler system. We have had no problems watering with all our sprinklers and the grass is thriving. I love this zoysia. I like the fact that it has a wide blade and the grass is very thick. My husband cuts it on the highest setting with the landmower. This is what I have noticed. When the grass needs water it will sure tell you. What happens is there are spots that appear in the yard, the areas actually look darker then the rest of the grass. In these areas you can tell the grass is dry, the blades are curling up and the blades look like prickly needles versus the wide blades.
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Follow-Up Postings:
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- Posted by nearandwest 7 (My Page) on Fri, Jul 22, 11 at 10:40
| Lol...I was actually thinking about you and wondering how your sod was doing in this heat. Glad you are liking it so far. This heat is brutal, if you can get through early next week, you'll be fine. I have to meet a client at 11:00am, so I'll have to run, but I still have your email, so I'll shoot you a message in a few hours, ok? The client also installed Zenith back in May, and we are forming a plan for them for the next 90 day period. I'll contact you later today. |
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- Posted by dchall_san_antonio 8 San Antonio (My Page) on Fri, Jul 22, 11 at 20:53
| kimberlysc, if you can keep reporting on what you see with your zoysia, that could be very helpful. My zoysia shows no signs of going dry and all of a sudden it is dormant. And when I say dormant, I mean it will go all the way to straw colored before it starts to come back. And when I say starts to come back, usually that means next season. And when I say next season...aaaaw I could play this game for a long time ;-) |
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- Posted by lou_midlothian_tx z8 DFW Tx (My Page) on Mon, Jul 25, 11 at 12:03
| dchall, i think it is a little easier to tell if coarse blade zoysia needs water or not compared to fine blade ones like yours. Kim, I have tried Zenith from seeds. Nice color but they seem to wilt quickly after a few days but it's probably not well established. I don't have it anymore. It's now a plant bed. If I had to redo lawn, I'd probably go with one of coarse zoysia like Empire, Palisade or Jamur. Jamur is reputed to be the most aggressive spreader and have good shade tolerant so I may try Jamur one day. |
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- Posted by kimberlysc z7 SC (My Page) on Tue, Jul 26, 11 at 19:40
| Well since the grass had a good watering the other day so far so good with no dry areas. I've attached a few pictures showing the progress since the sod was put down in May. My husband and I can't be more pleased. This picture shows when the sod was first put down.
Here is our yard now.
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- Posted by nearandwest 7 (My Page) on Wed, Jul 27, 11 at 8:47
| Looks very nice! Keep up the good work! |
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- Posted by bassplayer7 6 (My Page) on Wed, Jul 27, 11 at 10:45
| Really an awesome yard! |
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