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Originally Posted by ajbrown
Not trying to argue the point. I am not a 'grass guy'. I find what you are doing interesting and am glad it is working. The only point of my post is for discussion. Your technique goes against everything I have ever read about watering Zoysia grass.
Here is just one article of many:
Gardening Help FAQs
From the article:
Zoysia grass is relatively drought tolerant and does not need frequent watering. Frequent light watering can cause shallow roots, build up of thatch, and increased susceptibility to insects and disease.
To avoid the pitfalls of frequent light watering, it’s much better to water your zoysia lawn thoroughly once per week or every other week rather than several times per week. Each watering should penetrate the soil to a depth of 6-8 inches.
Their goal may not be green color, it may be to be as healthy as possible? Just learning as I go like many here...
I believe some issues in my lawn are caused by mowing equipment being too big for such a small area. I need to move to hand mowing, just have not made the commitment yet. I have had my 'lawn mower guy' since 2007 and hate to break up as he is a nice young man and I have no direct evidence it will be better when I hand mow  |
Does anyone know how many inches of surface water it takes to penetrate soil 6 to 8 inches? I don't.