empire zoysia

RRR

if you are thinking about re-sodding

choose empire zoysia

it may be too late in the season for you to do this
but I did 2 years ago in July and I cannot describe to
you how happy I am with this grass. It is thick, smooth,
and like a freakin carpet. It is a thirsty turf but incredibly
pretty. It's like a golf course fairway.

flattitude

What did you pay a pallet. Got a quote for sod only not laid and they quoted me 15k almost double flortam

CaptTater

Dang it. People on here keep talking me out of it.
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Bottomfinder#1

I was told it was very high maintenance, I am going to re-sod the yard in a few weeks. Prob go with floritam

SwampThing07

It def looks nice when it is growing right. Takes a lot of maintenance. Has to be cut just the right height, watered right, fertilized and staying on top of fungus and grubs.

flattitude

CaptTater wrote: »

Dang it. People on here keep talking me out of it.

your lot is acre and a quarter or 2.5. mine was 1.33 acres and like I said the only place i could find it in pbc was a place in tampa quoted $15k for sod delivered not installed.

CaptTater

Probably only 1/3 acre would be sodded. 1/4 is covered in Spin's rotting boats and GregB's trailer and the rest is wooded and most of it will remain wooded. Isn't there a sod farm out by Okeechobee with it? Maybe it's not ready yet..?

CaptTater

SwampThing07 wrote: »

It def looks nice when it is growing right. Takes a lot of maintenance. Has to be cut just the right height, watered right, fertilized and staying on top of fungus and grubs.

Talking about floritam right?

coldair

is it resistant to Texas takeall root rot? that stuff is killing Florida grasses like crazy

flattitude

unfortunately my whole lot is exposed 5 trees and just a few shrubs. i figured I needed to cover about 7/8 an acre to cover what I want sodded. 42 pallets is what we figured.

SwampThing07

CaptTater wrote: »

Talking about floritam right?

No zoysia

CaptTater

SwampThing07 wrote: »

No zoysia

Then those are the same things that kill my floritam.

Larry Mac

Sodded my yard 4 weeks ago with St. Augustine Captiva. Chose that over zoysia -- noticed how soon the neighbors zoysia got brown last winter --yes it came back but it seemed browner longer than other grasses. So I picked the Captiva.
I am happy with the look. Captiva is a dwarf St Augustine -- seems tighter. More compact and smaller leaf and green!!! it is so green it doesn't look real. Already I have the greenest yard in the neighborhood. Feels great to walk on barefoot .
Supposedly chinch bug resistant. Also once established can handle drought better than other St. Augustine.
I'll be interested to see its evolution but the start is extraordinary.

Old E.

We did the entire back yard with it, and I have very been happy. It looks and feels great. No problems with disease, so far, and it seems to be fairly drought tolorant. With all this rain, I just turned the sprinklers off. Its even done fine near the oaks and in partial shade. not AS good but good.

drawbacks:
Dog pee kills it. This has been our major problem. Bigger problem with female dogs.
got some weeds in it, mainly where dog pee killed it, and the weeds take over faster than the grass can grow back.
It does go dormant in the winter, like all of them, so it is not quite as green. bright green comes right back in spring.

I would do it again. And I would put it in the front if I needed to re sod the entire thing.

RRR

interesting

I have noticed that dog pee does kill it. But it grows back pretty quickly.

RRR

no

dnaber

Currently in the process of plugging the back yard with zoyia. Half of it is complete and has cost me about $500 (back yard is 50x100 in size) This is part 1 of my 2 year plan. Next year I will complete it. Sure it's a lot of work but it sure will look great and I love the feel of it.

CaptTater

plugs.......? how much percentage is plugged vs sodding?

Bite N Hold

Pictures?????

RRR

I did 8800 square feet of sod in my backyard.
That's about a third of the total backyard. I
didn't want to do all the backyard in case it
did not take well. It took well and over the next
five years I will do the rest of the back yard.

I think I paid $190 per pallet.

Next Level

flattitude1976 wrote: »

your lot is acre and a quarter or 2.5. mine was 1.33 acres and like I said the only place i could find it in pbc was a place in tampa quoted $15k for sod delivered not installed.

Here is a link for Palm Beach County and a 50 mile radius. I used JW Sod Farm and they were able to find me a flatbed with a buggy to place the pallets where I wanted them. I think they were at $200 a pallet plus freight. This site has some pretty extensive information on Empire as well.
http://www.empireturf.com/where_to_buy?grasstypes=1&zipcode=33406&type=1&submit=Go

pinfisher

Weed and insect/grub control in zoysia is easy. I overspray in spring with a grub conrol and 2,4,d and Drive with MSO. This takes care of broadleafs, insects and crabgrass. Later in the year if needed I spray twice with Fusulade II and Tefron Ester which is deadly on bermuda grass. Buy a dethatcheer blade for the mower and scalp in late winter better yet burn off to kill weeds and dethatch. I irrigate little and lightly fertlize mostly with nitrogen. Most important mow 7/8 inch to 1 1/4 inch height. Zoysia will overtake any other grass except bermuda just keep conditions that maximize the zoysia and help it compete.

Overhead

I just gained 4K sf to my yard by removing some plants and trees. The existing yard was zoysia so bought 400sf pallets through Bethel Farms for $170ea with FREE delivery

Overhead

I have also found it to be very saltwater tolerant.

flattitude

at 200 per pallet and needing 160 pallets to cover the yard that works out to 32k before labor. 15k for st augustine. perhaps i shall seed the lawn and forget about empire.

RRR

pinfisher wrote: »

Weed and insect/grub control in zoysia is easy. I overspray in spring with a grub conrol and 2,4,d and Drive with MSO. This takes care of broadleafs, insects and crabgrass. Later in the year if needed I spray twice with Fusulade II and Tefron Ester which is deadly on bermuda grass. Buy a dethatcheer blade for the mower and scalp in late winter better yet burn off to kill weeds and dethatch. I irrigate little and lightly fertlize mostly with nitrogen. Most important mow 7/8 inch to 1 1/4 inch height. Zoysia will overtake any other grass except bermuda just keep conditions that maximize the zoysia and help it compete.

I have noticed with my zoysia that if I cut the
adjacent / bordering st. augustine down real low (scalp it) then
the zoysia moves into it and overtakes it quickly

pinfisher

I planted 25,000 feet of emerald zoysia for $1500. It took 2 years to completely cover. Maybe not the best for front yards but for sides and back or large acreage pretty cheap

Next Level

One of the unexpected costs is getting the area level. I ended up buying 12 yards of fill but the area was a mess from old trees.

flattitude

pinfisher wrote: »

I planted 25,000 feet of emerald zoysia for $1500. It took 2 years to completely cover. Maybe not the best for front yards but for sides and back or large acreage pretty cheap

Plugs? if so how far apart and what was the cost of the plugs. Source?

pinfisher

flattitude1976 wrote: »

Plugs? if so how far apart and what was the cost of the plugs. Source?

I planted with seed bought on the internet