Organic Zoysia

mrmumbels – posted 22 February 2011 08:14

Has anyone gone the organic route with their zoysia?

New in Pensacola, FL – posted 12 March 2011 20:03

Well, hopefully you saw my other posting. I’m trying REALLY hard to stay organic, though I did cheat a TAD, and I added a little crabgrass preventer to the area between my two oak trees that shaded out the zoysia, and the weeds crept in there and grew faster than the zoysia. So far, so good. I know that whenever we add synthetic chemicals to the soil, it kills the very microbes that help our soil stay healthy, holding nutrients and water to feed the grass. So, other than that, I’m staying organic!!! Like I mentioned before, I think the things that work best for the sandy soild we have here in Pensacola are: alfalfa (spread by a spreader), molasses, milk, sugar, corn meal or cracked corn or corn gluten (much harder to find!), soapy water for bugs/moles, and I even throw old flour or sugar or stuff that has spoiled in my pantry or frig, the same stuff that I’d put into a garden compost pile, but I just spread it out in areas of the grass that I think need it most, like the thinner areas, or more shaded areas. The two BEST ones so far for me have been alfalfa and molasses. It’s amazing how it helps the roots take hold and the soil retain water/nutrients. http://bestlawn.info/organic/

mrmumbels – posted 14 March 2011 15:24

I’m reading! I got the organic idea from the organic forum on the gardenweb.com site.

ezf – posted 16 May 2011 15:23

I learned the organic lawn care for the cheap and lazy a year ago and it really works wonder to my lawn which is mostly bermuda but also with some emerald zoysia I have mixed in and meyer zoysia which I like the most. Even my bermuda cut at 3.25 inches looks like a thick, dense carpet.http://www.richsoil.com/lawn-care.jsp

pyro – posted 31 May 2011 15:05

my lawn is being treated by my neighbor who has his own organic-only lawn care company…looks to be working fine thus far.

HomeTurf – posted 01 June 2011 09:10

I am going to try the Organic route. To many reasons not too from what I am reading. Errr…edit….So many reasons to go organic. I just don’t like the sound of the word because it is often attached to ideals not actually effecting the end result. For a lawn however it is a much better approach. I like to think of the term Organic Route as “Home Treated”

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mrmumbels – posted 01 June 2011 12:31

I hate the word too! It’s usually attached to higher prices because everyone wants to be green

quote:Originally posted by HomeTurf:I am going to try the Organic route. To many reasons not too from what I am reading. Errr…edit….So many reasons to go organic. I just don’t like the sound of the word because it is often attached to ideals not actually effecting the end result. For a lawn however it is a much better approach. I like to think of the term Organic Route as “Home Treated”

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HomeTurf – posted 01 June 2011 12:49

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