Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
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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.
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if you cut Centipede once a week, it wasn't because it needed cut
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The grass clippings from the mower would indicate differently and during the growing season it most definitely needed weekly cutting.
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My guess is the property owner did not like getting our very expensive and necessary (water) bill. Taking out all the grass on the surface may seem like a good idea but consider the erosion that will follow. Enough erosion and now you have an even more expensive bill because the soil must have a way of holding together like a California mud slide.
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There is a lawn in Fruitland Park that has been Centipede for over 30 years. He never fertilizes or waters and when he mows it once a year, it is around 3 inches tall...prior to mowing. |
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I don't recall the exact flavor of Centipede but it was not in the north - it was southern GA. 3 inches is well outside the recommended growing height of 1.5-2 inches. All of the centipede lawns where I lived needed cutting weekly.
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I am not reading or looking at our resident covenants to know for a fact that only a front yard grass requirement exists but State Statute referenced here does not limit protections to a front yard. State statutes supercede any covenants we may have when express requirement that is less than state law. The same thing would apply regarding Federal Statutes. We read all the time about challenges but in the end it is to have consistency for all regardless of where we live or at least we like to think so. |
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