Mixing St Augustine And Zoysia Grass
It is not at all tolerant of cold temperatures and requires plenty of moisture for survival.
Mixing st augustine and zoysia grass. Augustine will be partially to fully killed. The opposite has happened on the side of my office building here at houston grass. Mow the grass at a low setting but do not take off more than one third of the grass blade. Of the two turfgrasses st.
Augustine grass is best suited to warm arid regions such as florida and the gulf coast region. Augustine and it is fairly low maintenance in the right climate. I am noticing the zoysia is doing great under our big shade trees but seems to be struggling in the full sun areas and turning a little brown. Augustine mix in 3 6 of high quality compost to help with drainage and improve fertility.
Augustine grass the soil must become drier to favor the zoysia s slower growth and cause the st. Augustine will not look bad. Will it look better when the 2 grasses mix together. Zoysia lawns are greyish green in color with a fine texture while st.
In light shade or subfreezing winter weather zoysia will persist even when dormant but the st. Step 1 pick a time in september to overseed the lawn. Augustine grass has a blue green tint with a fairly coarse texture to its lawns. It looks like there was never st.
You may need to mow the lawn twice to achieve a grass blade that is an inch in height. The new grass only lasted a year because the roots and water had problems making it down through the mat of dead grass. Plus he said the grasses are similar looking and so mixing zoysia with the existing st. Occasionally it will be found in areas of california.
It is a very coarse textured type that grows via above ground stolons that can reach several feet. Augustine grass is a fertilizer intensive grass needing to be fertilized every two months or with a slow release nitrogen fertilizer every 10 weeks. Zoysia is a more versatile turf grass than st. It looks a bit odd at the moment since the zoysia looks like a dark green golf course grass and the san augustine is thick blades and a brighter green.
Augustine grass is cheaper and easier to establish and maintain while zoysia is a little costlier with a much more frequent maintenance schedule. When you prepare your lawn for st. For zoysia grass to overtake and smother st. Most of the grass in the shaded sections of the yard is dead and so i was thinking of putting new sod in.
The landscape guy recommended zoysia in the well shaded sections of the yard and said it is better shade tolerant than st. That comes to about 55 per cubic yard. When to choose zoysia. Augustine grass in my backyard.
It is recommended that you fertilize overseeded bermuda grass and do so twice in december and february. The going rate for removing 4 inches of existing soil and replacing it with a topsoil compost mix is 70 cents per sq ft.