Not exactly correct. I had a centipede lawn for 10 years and I mowed it weekly during the growing season. It is more accurate to say it requires less fertilizer than zoysia. I fertilized mine twice a year and it looked great. Centipede can get by with the ambient rainfall but that is also true of a well established zoysia lawn. I do prefer centipede over zoysia but the zoysia is starting to grow on me now that I have figured out how to care for it. I spend about $300/year on irrigation, about $100/year on fertilizer and pesticide, and about $10/year on mowing.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Ozzello
Centipede grass, would need no irrigation barring extreme drought, and no fertilizer.
Would take a long time to offset the cost of removal of original lawn and installation with just these 2 bills.... but It only needs mowed about ONE a YEAR.
I know had they given me the choice I would have paid the 20% more for the sod to upgrade Zoysia to Centipede.
5000 to remove and replace w centipede, I spend 1200 a year watering, 1000 for pests and fertilizer, 1200 mowing.. so in the black in 2 years with Centipede.
|