Theres a lot to unpack here.
Backstory: installed Emeralds Zoy in April 2018. Had a few really good seasons with it. However, in the upstate of South Carolina, it’s very prone to spring dead spot and really slow repair. I also have three dogs that take their toll on the right side of the yard as you can see. I’ve given up, trying to revive this stuff every season with 50% kill on the right side. The majority of the center of my yard is actually Bermuda that came in eventually started to spread a couple years after purchasing the sod. Since this Emerals was from Super Sod, my assumption is, it’s one of their versions likely 419 that lay dormant in the zoysia. I’ve tried to control it, but I can only suppress. The left side of the yard has about 500 ft.² of really nice Emerald. Doesn’t see a lot of dog traffic and has full sun more of the time in the growing season.
After looking at the robustness of the Bermuda, I’ve decided to focus on what seems to thrive back here and embrace it. Given the salt tolerance, drought tolerance and aggressive, repair tendencies of Bermuda it seems like a good fit. I’ve decided to repair the right side of the yard with Royal TXD with a little bit extra Yukon. Scalped everything down added a mixture of lawn soil and potting soil over the surface for the Bermuda. I’m expecting this Bermuda to spread aggressively and eventually take over whatever Emerald is left.
It wont be a pure breed back yard, but my hope is that it turns into a blend of similar good looking cultivars that can take a lot thrown at it and bounce back nicely. Ill keep folks posted on the results.
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Backstory: installed Emeralds Zoy in April 2018. Had a few really good seasons with it. However, in the upstate of South Carolina, it’s very prone to spring dead spot and really slow repair. I also have three dogs that take their toll on the right side of the yard as you can see. I’ve given up, trying to revive this stuff every season with 50% kill on the right side. The majority of the center of my yard is actually Bermuda that came in eventually started to spread a couple years after purchasing the sod. Since this Emerals was from Super Sod, my assumption is, it’s one of their versions likely 419 that lay dormant in the zoysia. I’ve tried to control it, but I can only suppress. The left side of the yard has about 500 ft.² of really nice Emerald. Doesn’t see a lot of dog traffic and has full sun more of the time in the growing season.
After looking at the robustness of the Bermuda, I’ve decided to focus on what seems to thrive back here and embrace it. Given the salt tolerance, drought tolerance and aggressive, repair tendencies of Bermuda it seems like a good fit. I’ve decided to repair the right side of the yard with Royal TXD with a little bit extra Yukon. Scalped everything down added a mixture of lawn soil and potting soil over the surface for the Bermuda. I’m expecting this Bermuda to spread aggressively and eventually take over whatever Emerald is left.
It wont be a pure breed back yard, but my hope is that it turns into a blend of similar good looking cultivars that can take a lot thrown at it and bounce back nicely. Ill keep folks posted on the results.
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