Zyosia grass?

[Russianwolf]

Has anybody tried this stuff?

[tjmac44]

I have tried to kill it to no avail.

[JR]

At one time it was pretty popular aroung here. Haen't seen it in years, though.

Sorry, can't help.

JR

[Tom Slick]

I've heard it's pretty invasive and will grow everywhere you don't want it to, unless you plan for controlling it properly.

[Russianwolf]

how fast does it invade?


Can't be any worse than the crabgrass/thistles I have now. I keep seeing the ads for the stuff in the magazines. While I don't care about the "never mow again" claims. I like the idea that it crowds out weeds.

[Tom Slick]

I looked around the 'net a little and it seems to be a variety of bermuda grass. I would suspect its growing habits are similar.

[siliconbauhaus]

My lawn is supposedly zyosia, it goes brown really quick in late autumn and take a long time to turn green in the spring. Cant say anymore about it...I still have to mow the bugger every 2 weeks

[Daryl]

My neighbor has it, it seems to make a nice green lawn in the summer but like
siliconbauhaus says, it turns an ugly brown in the fall, winter.

[tjmac44]

My neighbor has it, it seems to make a nice green lawn in the summer but like
siliconbauhaus says, it turns an ugly brown in the fall, winter.

If your neighbor has it, someday it will invite itself into your lawn. If you are used to bluegrass, this stuff is nasty IMO. In the midwest it seems brown most of the year. It is a warm season grass. The warm season in Nebraska is not very long.

[whitecobra]

Tried to grow it down here in sunny Orlando last summer
Spent $200 for plugs spent $400 for labor (pretty intensive to cut and insert it is NOT plugs as they describe it is poorly scribed SHEETS that need to be cut the plugger they provide is all but useless) and within one full summer it died

It is more of a creeping weed then a grass.

We won't use it again back to St Augustine (not that I love it but at least it grows)

BTW don't' get fooled by the "guarantee" it is total BS. If you call them before the time they tell you then they will tell you to wait if you wait then they tell you that the warranty is over.

Dr D

[Hellrazor]

I looked at it already. But if it was that good, it would be the only grass on the market.

[68KANE]

I have this grass (Emerald strain) and love it. For sod, it's twice the price of Bermuda and VERY weed resistant. Good for sun, semi sun here in Georgia. Alot of people claim about difficulty of cutting or frequency of having to cut it, but I have Bermuda in front yard and have to cut that more than this grass. It's much nicer to walk on also.

[Tundra_Man]

Tried it a couple of years ago. Spent a lot oftime putting it in only to have it die immediately. Wasn't impressed.