Amazoy Plugs – growth rate

Troz – posted 29 March 2008 00:31

I’m in NE Texas, Dallas area and ended up plugging Amazoy from the well-known online farm. Could anyone tell me how rapid the growth is on this strain?

ken4255 – posted 23 April 2008 11:34

My understanding is Amazoy is the same as Meyer zoysia, which is one of the more slowly spreading zoysias. I have Meyer in my lawn in Atlanta. It was fully sodded, and looked good for a while, but it has had problems in shady spots, and it is very slow to recover from damage. Even in full sun, it doesn’t spread very quickly. I wish I had gone with El Toro.

Alex_in_FL – posted 24 April 2008 06:03

Amazoy refers to Meyer or Z-52 Zoysia. According to a study by Perdue Univerity, Amazoy stolon growth rate is about 5 mm/day and spread rate is about 1200 cm square in 90 days (a little more than 1 square foot).

It is one of the slower spreading grasses. To speed it up, recommend you fertilize it lightly, deep water, and mow frequently.