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Originally Posted by kcrazorbackfan
So true! This zoysia is something (a big pain) to grow. I could grow fescue and bermuda with the best of them in other states we've lived in. Other than it going dormant when it turns cool, why isn't Bermuda allow in lawns in TV? I know it has runners for roots but doesn't St. Augustine also?
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You can choose any grass you like and replace your zosia, unless it is on the FL invasive species list. Centipede is far the superior turf for this area. The lowest need for mowing, fertilizer, water along with the highest resistance to our local pests and diseases by huge margins.
Zoysia is not a good grass for this climate, and you never saw zoysia lawns in TV or anywhere in this area until we had a very rainy summer around 10 years ago and the St Augustine sod farms stayed too wet to cut sod for several weeks and you have to sod the lot to close the house sale.... Then here came zoysia from N FL... the greatest grass in the world because...
It takes less water than St Augustine (false)
Is more resistant to our pests (false)
Is more resistant to fungus (VERY false)
People may say you have to ask/beg the arc for permission, but under the ARCs rules, you can replace a sick lawn, tree or shrub without ARC approval. Changing the species to a better suited turf is smart and your choice. Heck, there are HUNDREDS of back yards on the golf courses that have been invaded by Bermuda and are now primarily if not completely Bermuda. How can the ARC tell you you can't have it, when in many instances, you don't even have a choice?