Zeon Zoysia

Dixie – posted 04 March 2009 15:14

Does anyone have any experience with Zeon Zoysia. It is suppose to be really good for partial shade. I am thinking about trying Zeon sod on my entire front and back lawn but would appreciate any input I can get. I also like the look of JaMur Zoysia but am wondering whether it can be mowed with a standard rotary riding mower or not. I am in the Raleigh, NC area. Someone suggested El Toro, but I didn’t really like the look of that.

Dixie

ericl – posted 10 March 2009 12:51

Dixie,

I have Jamur Zoysia – this is my first season as I planted in Nov. of last year. I live on the Texas Gulf Coast, the grass took very well, it can be mowed with a rotary mower, they say to keep the blades sharp (of course that’s every mower)the grass is tough. I have not yet needed to mow the grass because of height,just more for appearance. I put some iron down yesterday morning, and within 8 hours the grass was green, in fact my neighbor commented on it yesterday evening. I can only comment on the Jamur and can state that we are quite pleased.

Dixie – posted 10 March 2009 14:21

Ericl,

Thanks.

I had pretty much decided on Jamur and your post confirms it for me. Did your Jamur go dormant over the winter or just green up after applying the iron? Do you have an irrigation system and if so, was that essential in getting your sod to take so well?

Thanks Again

Dixie

ericl – posted 28 August 2009 12:58

Sorry for not replying I did not realize you responded, did you get Jamur? If so a couple of things worth noting. The grass gets very dense, I was cutting the lawn at approx. 4”. It became so dense that my mower would bog down just removing a ½”. I purchased a reel mower and I’m going to bring it down to 1-7/8”. I now have it at about 2.5” however the grass only leafs out at the top 1/3 of the stem, so now I am seeing the stems of the grass, giving it a scalped appearance throughout the yard, I have contacted the turf farm that I purchased the grass at and they commented I am on the right track. I will have to go through the ugly phase in order to get the grass to the height I want. Also at the taller heights the blades required sharpening every third cut.

Dixie – posted 04 September 2009 07:31

Thanks for your reply. I also think I may try to lower my cut. I am getting lots of grass clippings and according to your experience, if I lower the cut, then it should begin to grow laterally and not as high so the clippings shouldn’t be as much.Let me know how yours does and I will do the same. Thanks so much

mrmumbels – posted 21 September 2009 06:08

Hi ericl,

I tried that same thing and ended up hurting my lawn pretty bad. I’m no pro but I would wait until it spring when you can scalp it and never let it get that height again. Just remember, those twigs sticking up can’t soak up the sun to keep the grass alive. That’s what the leaves are for.