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Zoysia overtake centipede
Posted on 7/22/23 at 12:52 pm
Posted on 7/22/23 at 12:52 pm
New construction home, laid dormant centipede Jan 2022. Was coming in great but we had a late freeze, knocked it back and weeds started coming in quickly. Everything I read said not to seriously treat that first season until grass is settled. Well, we are surrounded by a few vacant lots and it’s now a problem. Dallisgrass, every sedge known to man including slender rush, and a smattering of other types, Bermuda grass and the latest is the dreaded torpedo. I treated with a sedge chemical in March and atrazine twice to no avail. I know I can’t kill torpedo in centipede and I know I’ll be fighting the weeds until other houses build. It would kill me to resod zoysia after spending money on sod 2 years ago …so my question is this: I have some bald spots would it pay to seed zoysia in? Is that even a feasible idea ?
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Posted on 7/22/23 at 2:05 pm to 10tiger
The only zoysia seeds are from the japonica varieties. Do you like that variety? If so then yes, you can seed it.
Posted on 7/22/23 at 2:38 pm to 10tiger
How much sunlight? If you have sun exposure and are stuck on seeding, I’d go Bermuda.
Posted on 7/22/23 at 2:50 pm to 10tiger
Good luck finding seed. If you have success let me know where you bought it.. I bought some Zenith and planted it on the back of my property because centipede was struggling back there. Two years later that stuff is thriving and beautiful. I also just bought 10 Palisades zoysia sod pieces to plant on the other side just to see how it looks. But circling back to your question I’ve successfully grown zoysia from seed, but it was a slow process.
Posted on 7/22/23 at 6:09 pm to 10tiger
I’m in the same boat. I have thought about buying 2 pallets and sodding an area and waiting a year for it to root in then plugging the yard using the sod to fill in the rough spots
Posted on 7/22/23 at 11:16 pm to 10tiger
After Kartina I was in a somewhat similar situation - been in a new house for a couple of years with centipede and never really liked it so I redid my entire yard with Emerald Zoysia and loved it. Built a new house about 7 years ago and went with Geo Zoysia, which is basically the same as Emerald. It blocks out pretty much every weed and it looks great. My in-laws and several neighbors have Empire Zoysia and it to me looks similar to Centipede. I would largely base it on how many pallets you would need so basically the cost and how well do you want your yard look.
Posted on 7/24/23 at 7:45 pm to 10tiger
If you’ve used atrazine this year, it might be worth waiting until next year to seed. It acts as a pre-emergent (prevents germination) and even though it can be used on zoysia, sprouting seeds in its presence is another matter. Check the atrazine label to see what it says about the length of time to wait after its application.
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