zoysia fertilizer

68fbird – posted 17 April 2004 15:04

bought new house back in november which over 1/2 acre is covered with zoysia in great shape , just cut lawn for the first time and was wondering what fertilizer would bring the green out faster. i live in virginia near quantico marine base any help would be fantastic thanks tim

cohiba – posted 17 April 2004 20:43

Take your time, don’t rush it. It will be green enough before you know it. Temperatures are what it needs. It will green up soon enough.

Hold tight…….

68fbird – posted 18 April 2004 09:00

was just wondering since i have put nothing on this yard since i bought the house. i’ve just cut yard 4 times before winter set in last year and now it’s starting to warm up here now after 3 weeks worth of showers and i’ve noticed it had shot up 3 inches. new to zoysia grass and didn’t know if i needed to fertilize it now to stimulate the greening process. i know this is a durable grass as i have just put 2 huge decks on my house , after a addition during that first week of rain and me and my brother were working all over it, back and forth and you can’t even tell we were on it now.

cohiba – posted 18 April 2004 12:42

Fert would’nt hurt but I suggest you get a soil test on your yard to see what it may be lacking. Then build your program around the results. Have you put any Preemergence Crabgrass control down yet?

Good Luck

68fbird – posted 19 April 2004 18:10

i hope the temps are what it needs , it was over 90 today and we should have those temps all week. no preventer down or anything else yet , might try to put some down this weekend.

fallon222 – posted 14 May 2004 08:53

http://muextension.missouri.edu/explore/agguides/hort/g06706.htmA Good Source…

cohiba – posted 14 May 2004 09:27

Very good resource….

68fbird – posted 21 May 2004 14:49

well i put down the crabgrass preventer and fertilizer , the temps have been in the 90’s with a few showers and now the yard looks like a new stadium field wow it has really turn deep , bright green in the last week. there’s nothing like driving up my long driveway and seeing this sight everyday.