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re: Complete Backyard Makeover - Zoysia or St. Augustine
Posted on 7/24/17 at 10:02 pm to baldona
Posted on 7/24/17 at 10:02 pm to baldona
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have zenith zoysia and my neighbors have emerald, they literally touch along our border and I can't tell the difference.
Are you sure they don't have empire? Empire and zenith are very similar as I previously mentioned. Emerald, however, the blades are as narrow as Bermuda, like toothpicks, and vastly different from zenith. No way you couldn't tell zenith or empire from emerald
ETA: again, I have 30 pallets of emerald around my house, and zenith from seed on the other side of my driveway. No way I could have did it all in sod, and I figured by doing zenith seed, I'd at least have similar color. I do have about 5' of emerald along the driveway on the other side with the zenith up against it for the rest. The emerald blades are 1/3-1/2 the width of the zenith. The emerald is very stiff and wiry and gets ridiculously dense without dethatching. Just look it up. I'd bet your neighbor has empire if they're that similar.
Check out comparison. Neither look good in this example, but you can see the difference.
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This post was edited on 7/24/17 at 10:18 pm
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Posted on 7/25/17 at 8:08 am to Tiger-Striped-Bass
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Are you sure they don't have empire
Ha, you are probably right. It starts with an E and was like $50 more than mine per pallet. But looks the exact same.
De-thatching is only an issue if you mulch your grass. The average 1/4-1/2 acre suburban lot isn't that hard to bag, I bag 6-8 times and all I do is dump it in a compost pile in the back corner no one sees. Now if you had to dump it in trash bags that's certainly a pain. If you are hell bent on not bagging though, then yes St Aug would probably be better.
Imo the nice thing about Zhoysia and Bermuda is the ability to seed. If you get holes, it can be a pita to fill with St Aug to keep it level. You have to really dig down and screw around to keep that hole level with the rest of your yard. Now given in the peak growing season St Aug spreads on its own real well but so does Zhoysia.
This post was edited on 7/25/17 at 8:11 am
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