laying zoysia sod

shvlmnky – posted 24 August 2005 05:52

I live in north Florida, should I wait till spring before I lay zoysia sod. I’ll be soding a sand playground area…?

Cary, NC – posted 24 August 2005 07:47

You can put down Zoysia sod yer-round in Florida.

Go with Meyer, El Toro, or Emerald. Companion is also a very nice “new” Zoysia, but you’ll probably going to have seed it because it’s dificult to find local farms that sell it.

Hope this helps.

QWERTY – posted 24 August 2005 12:22

Check out Empire zoysia. In my area (Dallas-FtWorth), it’s the cheapest one by far. It seems to be getting popular variety in Florida when I googled it.

You could try planting Companion or Zenith seeds. I don’t know what it’s like during winter in Florida so it might be a tad bit too late to get them established before cool weather comes. I’ve tried Zenith. so far i haven’t had problems with them sprouting up but it was a pain in the ass trying to keep the soil moisture for 2 weeks in this dry summer.

KBilly – posted 24 August 2005 15:52

I second taking a look at Empire. It’s what we will use here in Dallas. It’s getting huge in FL planned communities too.