Hey all - finally taking the plunge on overhauling my existing zoysia lawn in Greenville. Would appreciate any feedback you may have, committed to doing this right the first time.
Existing
-Currently have predominantly Palisades zoysia. Have grown frustrated with the following:
-No dogs, lawn is subject to light-medium foot traffic from kids.
Type of New Grass
-I currently have access to the following varieties of Zoysia
-Laying roughly 4000SF of sod.
Process
Existing
-Currently have predominantly Palisades zoysia. Have grown frustrated with the following:
- Thinner growth in some areas that are partially shaded (4-5 hours of full sun, another 3-4 filtered shade)
- Incredibly fast vertical growth in other areas requiring cuts less than a week apart during growing season
- Lack of ability to spread horizontally - have had small bare/thin patches directly adjacent to lush sections that do not fill despite having good soil, etc.
-No dogs, lawn is subject to light-medium foot traffic from kids.
Type of New Grass
-I currently have access to the following varieties of Zoysia
- Zeon
- Zenith
- Chisolm
- Royal
- Empire
-Laying roughly 4000SF of sod.
Process
- Nuke existing grass (or some areas where mostly bare/weeds) with Roundup. Just finished applying the second application and will wait the recommended 7-10 days before laying sod.
- Till existing areas to remove dead vegetation
- Top soil - planning on having enough delivered to fill in some low spots, cover some exposed tree roots, and lay roughly 0.5-1" across areas to be sodded.
- Rake in starter fertilizer based on existing soil test results
- Install sod, water as recommended.
