Jamur Zoysia Scalping Recovery

dt1016 – posted 27 August 2011 10:25

I put in my Jamur sod on July 14th of this year. I’ve been mowing 1 every 2 weeks. Having absolutely zero knowledge in the gardening area, I’m starting to realize I need to mow more frequent. Some areas of my lawn look great and very soft. One specific area which I’m concerned about is dense and not soft. After further research on this forum, I think I may have been scalping this area. It produces healthy blades, but when I mow maybe I cut the entire blades off and leave nothing but stem. Which I believe this causes a crunchy surface.

Mower height 2.5

My question is, I would to reduce the stem further, so when I mow no scalping occurs. When and can I do this without damaging the yard? In San Antonio we are in a severe drought.

In addition, the area I’m referring to is a very dense area and appears to have the greatest amount of growth, which I believe is why the stems are so high. Other areas are ideal, all blade and very soft, not as dense. I actually got a little nervous, I started to think I had an entirely different specious of grass in one area.

Any advice would be great. Thanks

jod788 – posted 29 August 2011 06:58

Once every 2 weeks is not frequent enough unless you are barely watering the yard. The rule of thumb is don’t take more than 1/3rd of the blade height off at one time. 2.5-3″ is a good height to keep the grass, especially during a hot, dry summer. If you are watering it like you should, you should probably not go anymore than 5-6 days without mowing it. If your yard is not big, I recommend the Fiskars Momentum reel mower. Look it up. Creates a much cleaner cut than your standard rotary mower – eliminates that slight brown fraying you see at the tips of the grasses when you use a rotary.

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dt1016 – posted 29 August 2011 13:52

Great, thanks for the reply.