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Grass question
Posted on 3/23/22 at 5:31 pm
Posted on 3/23/22 at 5:31 pm
Got fairly shady area. Cent and St Aug worked not at all or so so. Anyone try Zoysia in shady, medium drainage area?
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Posted on 3/23/22 at 7:11 pm to zippyputt
Geozoysia but even that depends on how much sun?
Posted on 3/23/22 at 7:53 pm to ronk
Between two areas about 20ft apart so it gets some sun for 3-4 hours and a strip gets no direct sun.
Posted on 3/23/22 at 9:03 pm to zippyputt
I have used several zoysia varieties in shade and they don’t work well at all. ‘Palmetto’ St Aug is the best grass in shade and it has issues too.
Posted on 3/23/22 at 11:04 pm to Daponch
I dumped 2 bags of Rye grass on it at the beginning of each winter just to make it look nice. Grows great! At least something will grow! 
Posted on 3/24/22 at 4:58 am to zippyputt
Rye is fricken awesome, wish there was something similar which could survive our summers. Gonna be a rich SOB who figures that out in the future.
Posted on 3/24/22 at 5:26 am to zippyputt
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I dumped 2 bags of Rye grass on it at the beginning of each winter just to make it look nice. Grows great! At least something will grow!
This could be part of your problem. Rye grass hangs around til June ish in my area. Centipede and st augustine should be fully greened up by April. That means your rye has been competing with your other grasses for sunlight, nutrients, water. That is why it’s not reccomended to overseed warm season grasses.
You need to thin the canopy as much as possible and promote the st augustine. It’s about the only thing with a chance.
Posted on 3/24/22 at 7:05 am to questionable
Yeah rye, you need to kill off at the beginning of green up to give your warm season grass a chance.
I'm in an experiment right now with spf-30 Kentucky blue grass right now, you can also by a blend called combat extreme southern zone. There's people out of Atlanta and DFW that are surviving the heat and full sun in the summer. Not sure how well it will fare with heat + humidity(in Savannah). I don't think it'll survive full sun but I'm testing it out in my shaded areas since the previous owners sodded with Bermuda everywhere and it was destined to die off.
I'm just getting the sprout and spout phase and starting to get some vertical growth.
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Rye is fricken awesome, wish there was something similar which could survive our summers. Gonna be a rich SOB who figures that out in the future.
I'm in an experiment right now with spf-30 Kentucky blue grass right now, you can also by a blend called combat extreme southern zone. There's people out of Atlanta and DFW that are surviving the heat and full sun in the summer. Not sure how well it will fare with heat + humidity(in Savannah). I don't think it'll survive full sun but I'm testing it out in my shaded areas since the previous owners sodded with Bermuda everywhere and it was destined to die off.
I'm just getting the sprout and spout phase and starting to get some vertical growth.
Posted on 3/24/22 at 7:14 am to tilco
It was thin way before I put the Rye out there unfortunately. I did mix in some St. Aug sod in the area, but it dies out in majority shade areas too. So its a 3 grass area now! 
You’re right, someone will be rich if they can breed a shade tolerant grass that works really well.
You’re right, someone will be rich if they can breed a shade tolerant grass that works really well. Posted on 3/24/22 at 8:20 am to zippyputt
If st aug didn’t work neither will zoysia. I find the zoysia I do have in shaded places is very thin and any foot traffic destroys it fast.
Posted on 3/24/22 at 9:30 am to zippyputt
Zeon zoysia has the best shade tolerance for my experience.
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