[gardeners] Zoysia?
Terry King (gardeners@globalgarden.com)
Tue, 16 Mar 1999 12:43:32 -0600
I have questions for friends of mine who are considering putting in a zoysia
lawn here in our zone 4b. Will zoysia be hard enough here, the companies
claim it is hardy to -40. Does it really live up to the claims in the brochures?
Will it grow in the hardpacked ashy clay that we have here? I mean the
clay where they want to put this lawn is so hard packed that a regular
large backhoe can't budge it. When they cut the pad for their house they
had to bring in a humongous trackhoe to do the job. There is no organic
matter in the clay at all. They've thrown a few bales of straw over the
area during the last few years so there is a scant layer of organic matter on
top but that's it.
Terry King North Central Eastern Washington
taeking@televar.com USDA zone 4, Sunset Zone 1
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