Zoysia overtake centipede

How much sunlight? If you have sun exposure and are stuck on seeding, I’d go Bermuda.

Thanks for the feedback. I had found zoysia seeds at a local feed store, unsure the variety. For the record, I didn’t think I hated anything more than Dallisgrass but torpedo grass has taken that spot.

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For the record, I didn’t think I hated anything more than Dallisgrass but torpedo grass has taken that spot.

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No kidding. Torpedo is the worst. Glyphosate might knock it back some, but that stuff is the herpes of weeds. At least Celsius will suppress Dallis grass if you keep spraying it. You can dig it up. It might come back next year, but at least you don’t see it for awhile. Zoysia makes a nice yard. Totally understand not wanting to fork out the money on sodding again because zoysia is expensive. I think there are only a couple of zoysia seeds available. Zenith is what I believe I have. I forgot I planted it back there and thought it was centipede. Upon closer observation this spring I was surprised how much of that was spreading out. It’s not fast growing at first, but it sure chokes out weeds and other grasses. Even my Tifway 419 is getting overrun by that zoysia. I wouldn’t be surprised if my entire backyard isn’t zoysia in 1-2 years.

Zoysia varieties are ridiculously different. Both palisades and zenith are japonica. I’m not a fan of zenith but love palisades. Geo is a japonica hybrid and I think it’s the best zoysia available.

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Zoysia varieties are ridiculously different. Both palisades and zenith are japonica. I’m not a fan of zenith but love palisades. Geo is a japonica hybrid and I think it’s the best zoysia available.

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Ronk for all I know I could have planted Zeon. It started with a Z that I do remember. Where I put it was on the back corner of my yard backyard. Centipede wasn’t doing well so I pulled out my tiller, turned the soil a little, and threw out some seed. I bought 10 pieces of Palisades yesterday to throw on the other back corner just to see how it grows. I’m in agreement there are so many kinds of zoysia and they all don’t look the same. I put down 10 pallets of Empire Zoysia for my parents and it has a finer blade similar to a good hybrid bermuda. They use Tifway 419 and Empire Zoysia on the golf course they live on. The majority of my front yard is Tifway 419 and I’m not ever going to change that. In the backyard it’s bermuda 419 but this zoysia is really taken off. I had no intentions of changing over it just has slowly started happening. I was out at the turf farm yesterday though and thought the Palisades looked cool so I grabbed a little. That’s some sharp looking grass. If I were to change Tifway 419 out I might would go with that based off what I saw yesterday. Hard to believe my contractor sodded this yard centipede six years ago. When that centipede died last winter that hybrid bermuda took off. It was always there in that centipede. Might have only been 1% at best but when the centipede died it just took off and never looked back. I’ve never seen centipede die off like that nor have I witnessed such a small amount of bermuda spread that fast. The centipede came from the farm that way. It had just a little Tifway 419 in it but typically was held back by a healthy thick centipede sodded yard. When that centipede stumbled this spring though from three late season freezes both that zoysia and Bermuda took off. There is a little centipede left but it’s getting chocked out. Can’t say I’m sad to see the centipede go because these other cultivars are better looking and darker green.