#1: Re: Zoysia Lawn
Posted on 2006-06-26 17:52:49 by Steve
trader4@optonline.net (Chet Hayes) wrote in
news:b81a861b.0307090925.1516d36a@posting.google.com:
> Why anyone concerned with -30 temps would want Zoysia is beyond me. A
> neighbor here at the NJ shore has it. Their lawn turns brown in Oct
> and looks like hell all fall, winter and half of spring. It stays
> that way till late May. My tall fescue/blue grass looks spectacular
> in the fall and stays a deep green usually into January. It greens up
> again in early April.
>
> Plus it's aggressive and will spread everywhere, including beds,
> driveways, etc.
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> "farmer brown" <urgreengaint@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:<vgcue4hatl9f65@corp.supernews.com>...
>> Zoysia is great! Put in the plugs and your will have a thick green
>> yard in 2-3 growing seasons. You should only have to water the first
>> year. its good to
>> -30 degrees. go for it.
>>
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>> "MH" <mhetcher@hvc.rr.com> wrote in message
>> news:YA%ra.9493$oT2.7203@twister.nyroc.rr.com...
>> > Does anyone have any information or knowledge of the Zoysia Lawn
>> > "plugs" that are advertised in the Family Handyman magazines??
>> >
>> > I'm building a new house this year and I was thinking of planting
>> > that
>> type
>> > of lawn.
>> >
>> > Thanks for any input.
>> >
>> >
>
It's a weed!! Why would one want a yard full of weeds and call it grass?
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#2: Re: Zoysia Lawn
Posted on 2006-06-27 16:36:57 by jtees4
On Mon, 26 Jun 2006 10:52:49 -0500, Steve <scheadley@co.ha.md.us>
wrote:
>trader4@optonline.net (Chet Hayes) wrote in
>news:b81a861b.0307090925.1516d36a@posting.google.com:
>
>> Why anyone concerned with -30 temps would want Zoysia is beyond me. A
>> neighbor here at the NJ shore has it. Their lawn turns brown in Oct
>> and looks like hell all fall, winter and half of spring. It stays
>> that way till late May. My tall fescue/blue grass looks spectacular
>> in the fall and stays a deep green usually into January. It greens up
>> again in early April.
>>
>> Plus it's aggressive and will spread everywhere, including beds,
>> driveways, etc.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> "farmer brown" <urgreengaint@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>> news:<vgcue4hatl9f65@corp.supernews.com>...
>>> Zoysia is great! Put in the plugs and your will have a thick green
>>> yard in 2-3 growing seasons. You should only have to water the first
>>> year. its good to
>>> -30 degrees. go for it.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> "MH" <mhetcher@hvc.rr.com> wrote in message
>>> news:YA%ra.9493$oT2.7203@twister.nyroc.rr.com...
>>> > Does anyone have any information or knowledge of the Zoysia Lawn
>>> > "plugs" that are advertised in the Family Handyman magazines??
>>> >
>>> > I'm building a new house this year and I was thinking of planting
>>> > that
>>> type
>>> > of lawn.
>>> >
>>> > Thanks for any input.
>>> >
>>> >
>>
>
>It's a weed!! Why would one want a yard full of weeds and call it grass?
I agree...and I have it. It was already in my front yard when i bought
the house 8 years ago. It looks spectacular right now, but in October
thu May I may as well live on a hay farm.
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