TV went to Empire Zoysia becuase it is more drought tolerant and requires less water. People are complaining about how s-l-o-w it comes out of the awful yellow-color dormancy, especially in the Spring when people want their lawn to green up soonest. No matter what you do, it will stay yellow into May. It seems like Zoysia will go into dormancy and stay there if you yell "Boo" at it

TV went back to St. Augustine at Fenney and south of 44.
I use Lesco 16-4-8 fertilizer at the end of May and the lawn greens up nicely in early June.
Got critters eating your lawn? Demand CS and Bifen XTS will stop that. It doesn't take much.