My yard is 1 yr old Zeon Zoysia. It’s doing well but has a few thinner spots due to heavy traffic. I’m wondering if I can overseed with the Pennington smart patch Zenith Zoysia to help those thin spots?

I know that smart patch will grow fast in the short term, but am I going to regret mixing Zoysia types?

Zeon Zoysia is only sold in sod or plugs so I can’t overseed with that

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Posted by ronk

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Posted on 4/15/24 at 8:54 pm to Tiger1242

Zoysia is the stupidest grass there is. Nothing wrong with the grass itself but why so many varieties. Zoysia matrella, zoysia tenuifoila, and zoysia japonica. A hundred varieties each doing their own thing. I’m 95.6% right in thinking zenith and zeon are japonica and would blend well.

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Posted by Tiger1242

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Posted on 4/15/24 at 9:13 pm to ronk

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Zoysia is the stupidest grass there is. Nothing wrong with the grass itself but why so many varieties. Zoysia matrella, zoysia tenuifoila, and zoysia japonica. A hundred varieties each doing their own thing.

Yea this is where I’m stuck, so many types! It’s got this amateur very confused

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Posted by bkhrph

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Posted on 4/15/24 at 10:59 pm to Tiger1242

Zeon (Zoysia Matrella): narrow blade like hybrid Bermudas. Zenith (zoysia japonica) has a blade width halfway between zeon and St Augustine.
2 different textures, 2 different growth rates, and probably 2 different green colors.
Why not cordon off the area to traffic and let it fill back in? I think the originator (Bladerunner) says it spreads fast.

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Posted by Tiger1242

Member since Jul 2011

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Posted on 4/16/24 at 5:19 am to bkhrph

I’ve got little kids and it’s spring. The whole point of the yard is so the kids can play in it. I’m not blocking part of it off

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