Zoysia Grass Problem
We used to have one area that would mound up some and grass was almost dead. I would replace that section, but the following fall would experience the same problem. I noticed small round holes in the lawn (about the size of ball point pen barrel). I also noticed a few times a bug about the size of a small grasshopper with no wings on the lawn.
I told my lawn/termite people and they told me that those were
mole crickets. They lay about 150 eggs and the young eat the roots of the zoysia grass. This is why the grass almost dies and it feel soft and lumpy. The spraying for mole crickets have to be applied within a 1 1/2 month window during the summer.
Since they started this spraying regimen, I have not had a problem with my lawn.
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