TV started using Zoysia, (and pinestraw instead of mulch) at the same time. Unless you were privy to the deals at the time..who can say why? BUT I can say for sure... it was NEVER a good grass for this area.
Centipede hasn't gone dormant in this area since the early 80s. You can sod it or seed it. Mow it less than 6 times a year. Barely water it, and use only the cheapest low Nitrogen fertilizer once a year...if at all. There is no grass comparable to Centipede foe this area.
St Aug gets fungus some, bugs too, but it recovers easily and quickly while Zoysia is still pouting. And if we have a rainy winter..or any season..What Zoysia isn't dead from fungus will have fungus. St Aug handles our humidity and rainy seasons WAY better. Stop pouring the chemicals on Zoysia, and it would be all but extinct in this area in a year or two.
Escape the hype folks, just because someone claims to know, doesn't mean they do. ASK how long they lived here, what they were doing 10 years ago. Is the knowledge from the local garden club (of people from 'other' states)? Or did they actually go to college for agriculture..horticulture , botany ?
Learning from the guy cutting your grass? Don't. Asked a Landscape 'designer' from...Minnisota? No again... find you a cracker with 20 plus years horticulture experience in the local area or you are likely throwing money at a problem that will re-appear in a few months. The catch 22s caused by the wide spread mis-information in TV ... are expensive for YOU.
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