Talk of The Villages Florida - View Single Post - Bermuda with Zoysia??
View Single Post
 
Old 06-07-2012, 10:50 AM
Mikeod's Avatar
Mikeod Mikeod is offline
Sage
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Caroline
Posts: 5,021
Thanks: 0
Thanked 50 Times in 28 Posts
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by mikeod View Post
Are you sure it is Bermuda? My zoysia lawn has torpedo grass in it. This grass looks somewhat like Bermuda in that is spreads horizontally by runners. But it is more coarse than Bermuda, almost like St. Augustine. I was told that this grass commonly hitches a ride in the zoysia sod and will make itself apparent months after the sod is laid. I have tried all sorts of controls and nothing I can buy helps. Zoysia Green has tried some controls, but it is still there.

I've adopted the same philosophy as posted above. Since it's green, mow it.
Here is a picture I just took of the torpedo grass in my zoysia. The torpedo grass is the coarser grass in the center with the finer blades of zoysia around.
Attached Thumbnails
The Villages Florida: Click image for larger version

Name:	torpedo.jpg
Views:	1114
Size:	80.6 KB
ID:	3019