Dead areas in Zoysia

cwesley – posted 12 August 2011 19:20

I have newly sodded zoysia (May 2011) and it’s been growing like crazy and is very full and thick. The problem is there are specific areas that are dying off and look black where the die off occurs. The patches started off smaller and look to be spreading. I’m thinking it’s a disease of some sort, but I’m not sure which one. Does any have any clues and how I could treat it?

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ezf – posted 13 August 2011 13:31

Without knowing the exact cause, I would first try to spread a lot of sugar and some organic fertilizers such as corn meal, soybean meal etc to improve the soil.

seed – posted 13 August 2011 13:35

Look underneath the sod for grubs.

I would be careful about doing anything until I knew the cause.

pyro – posted 13 August 2011 18:53

i have had spots like those smaller ones in mine but they go away in about a week or so.

[This message has been edited by pyro (edited 13 August 2011).]

churin – posted 17 August 2011 18:33

test posting. Please disregard