Zoysia grass
 

Zoysia grass - It's good in many respects - BUT - it's difficult (so far impossible for me) to stop it from encroaching into planting areas even with a nearly 6" rubber/plastic landscape border/edging/barrier. Any/all ideas are welcomed.

Steel blade edger, getting down a good 4" on a regular basis (every time you mow).

There is an invasive species (Torpedograss) that looks similar to zoysia that is VERY common as well. No easy fix (Not even a real good hard to do fix) for that, as it runs about 2' deep and is often growing in with zoysia (Pine Hills area has A LOT). Just have to keep pulling the top off.

I have Torpedograss mixed in my St. Augustine and our company (Evergreen) said we would have to kill the St. Augustine to kill the Torpedograss.

We have torpedo, bermuda and st augustine in our yard!

don't know where the torpedo came from but the bermuda flew in from the softball field and golf course seeding nearby. .

If its all green, just mow it. . its about $3-4,000 for someone to kill the grass and resod the entire lot with st augustine. . . I bought some sod pods direct from the nursery and have been planting it to hopefully squeeze out the torpedo and bermuda. . we will see. . not hopeful but a $50 attempt at replanting where the watering didn't happen last August. .

Got torpedograss????

Get Drive XLR8.

It works great.

It's made by BASF.

Find out what kind of St Augustine you have. Read recently that lawns south of 44 have a Glyphosate (Round up) tolerant strain known as Scott’s ProVista. You can kill torpedo grass with Glyphosate. But read up on it, google / you tube to get details on the ProVista. Im in the Fenney area and have been spraying round up on the wild Bermuda in my St Augustine with no damage to the St Aug.

zoysia
 

round up,and spray a nice straight line every 2 weeks in the beds,be carefull and it will work fine.

Thanks
 

Thanks for the Drive XLR8 recommendation.

If it’s green enjoy it! Can’t control neighbors.

I use a piece of cardboard as a barrier to keep RoundUp from over spraying especially if its even a little bit windy.

They (TVs) went back to Floratam quite a while back. ProVista was too troublesome. Very weak grower, low resistance to disease and pests.... but hey.. you CAN spray roundup on it!