Browse Forums Landscape & Garden Design Re: Empire Zoysia Lawn Brown in Winter HELP 11Aug 21, 2011 1:00 pm We're in Perth (Eastern Hills way) and our Empire Zoysia was laid around August 2010 on prepared soil. It's currently almost identical in colouration to our next door neighbour's Palmetto grass - patchy light-green and yellow with a bit of pink, though it's perking up with the increased sunshine of late. Looks fine from the road, just dormant. Come spring proper we'll give it some TLC with Seasol and molasses to help it get back into growing season It has remained a luxurious green up against our north-facing limestone retaining wall, so I'm assuming that the warmth really plays a large part in this. Re: Empire Zoysia Lawn Brown in Winter HELP 12Aug 21, 2011 8:28 pm Vunderful give the lovely chap at http://www.maiaustralia.com.au/ on 9727 3801. He's down in Bunnas and is happy to help. (Let him know where you found out about it.) This stuff will have your lawn doing things you thought impossible. Results with seeds just beg to be believed. Re: Empire Zoysia Lawn Brown in Winter HELP 13Aug 21, 2011 9:02 pm I left two or three rolls of this stuff in the cold shade on my front footpath for months getting nothing but rain and it survived a WA winter. Little to no sun. Stayed cold being open to cold southern winds the whole time. It remained green and yes did get small areas of brown around the edges. My untrained lawn mowing contractor scratched his head and asked what sort of grass it was. I find the comparison between BK's cells he has done and my turf on the path a bit interesting. Re: Empire Zoysia Lawn Brown in Winter HELP 14Aug 21, 2011 9:45 pm Yeah Fu its a schizo grass, obviously it has great cold hardiness in the right situation. The areas in my yard that get frosted are actually greener than the protected bits, go figure.. Yet in late autumn it browns without any frost. Either way though the main thing that makes it brown off is the wear while its dormant. the leaves that are now underground go yellow, the tips that poke through photosynthesise and have chlorophyll, same reason they grow rhubarb in the dark. 5 4858 Hi there, long-time lurker but first time posting. I've bought a house 2 and a bit years ago and last year we had some major water damage on a converted pergola area… 0 7930 Yes, unless you are in a low intensity rainfall area or the area is protected from rain. Do you have access to NCC Part 2 or can you download it? I can email you a copy… 10 12509 |