I will be installing 2000 sq.feet of Jamur Zoysia day after tomorrow. Do you have any tips? I asked the farm to cut the sod thicker since I have Georgia red clay in my front lawn. I have added lime, Fertilizer and tilled.

Also, where can it be bought in Raleigh, NC?

I got my JaMur from Lawson's Turf Farm near Charleston, S.C. They normally don't deliver to the Raleigh area, but you can view their harvesting on the above web site photos. Their sod looked great and it came just as the photos indicated. Their cost is only $125.00 per pallet but they did charge an additional $400.00 for shipping. It comes on a flatbed tractor tailer with heavy duty forklift for unloading. So for 15 pallets it cost me $ 151.66 per pallet including shipping. No sales tax. Their phone number is listed on the above website as well. They should have sod available right now. My JaMur zoysia is in it's fourth week now and still looks better all the time. Hope this helps. Let me know what you decide and your results if you should try it.

I like what you said about the dark green of the JaMur. I actually love the look of Fescue but not it's summer performance. By chance did you research any of the new Fescue's such as Rebel IV or Titan. They are supposed to be finer bladed and more drought tolerant than K-31.

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I wonder if you checked them out? I was contacted by an Al Hunter out of Rocky Mount who has Zeon on offered to let me see his yard, but would not send any photographs - which is strange. I mean almost everyone has a camera phone. You will have to get me your contact info with posting it on here somehow.

I also discovered that there is another farm close to Cape Fear : http://www.ncturfgrass.com/zoysia.asp

I would think that early Sept would be OK but it needs to get established well before it is time for it to go dormant. Hot weather won't hurt it as long as you have an irrigation system. I read somewhere that June and July are the prime months for installation of Zoysia grass as they are warm season grasses. So August would not be bad either.

I originally was going with Empire but eventually read too many bad thing about it. Not exactly bad things about the grass but people have problems after installation.

I believe that Buy Sod, Sand Hill Turf and Tri-State are now like one large company and between them, they should have whatever you decide upon if theirs is ready when you are ready. I've heard good things about them as well.

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Originally posted by Stan:
Wow! I can't believe after months of trying to decide between the Zoysias Emeral or Zenith, I come upon this Jamur. Dixie, can you point me toward some research or explain why you chose it over Zeon, Emerald or others. I really like the fine pointy leaves of Emerald. What is the appearance of JaMur?

Also, where can it be bought in Raleigh, NC?

Thanks!

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