Browse Forums Landscape & Garden Design Re: Help with our EZ please! 15Jan 26, 2012 7:26 am This does appear to be a fungal issue, you said this area was ok before? It was probably spread by walking on the other infected areas and then onto your healthy grass. How many hours of sun does it get? How often do you water it? I understand your frustration, you spend a lot and you would think that with a bit of care it should look good. It will recover with some luck. Re: Help with our EZ please! 16Jan 26, 2012 10:40 am I agree with everything jetson said, treat it as fungal disease. Heaps and heaps of threads on homeone about it, do a search, its certainly not uncommon. Re: Help with our EZ please! 17Jan 26, 2012 1:52 pm Okay, Rizzo...hang in there. I'm in the other thread with fungal issues and our lawns and my EZ looks a LOT better now. If I can brave the 40C heat, I'll run out and snap a pic for you and do a before and after. Hang in there, have patience. If it is fungal (did you use mancozeb as well) then you have to just wait for regrowth in the dead patches. And the mancozeb will stop further spread (it won't do anything for areas starting to yellow unfortunately). Your last sentence really makes it sound fungal to me. Ours went from lush and gorgeous green to yellow and dead in the blink of an eye. Re: Help with our EZ please! 18Jan 26, 2012 1:56 pm Rizzo Even more frustrated now. I just spoke to a friend who lives just behind us and I asked how there EZ was going as I know they did no prep, just laid it straight down. She told me they had put urea on it not long ago and it's green as! I'm trying really hard to stick these methods guys, but we are the ones that have put all the hard work into ours and this is the result we are getting, yet someone who laid it practically straight on sand and uses fertilisers on it, has beautiful free lawn that they hardly have to touch! I hear you on this too. I have neighbors who did no prep, use chemical commercial fertilizers, and they have no fungal issues. It doesn't seem fair does it? All I'm taking away from this is that it can happen even to the lawns with the best care and I still think that our prep and care will show itself as the years go on. I've seen what happens to those lawns with no prep and weed n feed years later...those are the ones in the neighborhood full of weeds and huge sandy patches. Re: Help with our EZ please! 19Jan 26, 2012 2:41 pm Ugh. It's crazy hot out there. Okay... Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ December 31 Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ December 31. It actually got WORSE than this...it spread to the centre of the lawn and so about 2/3 of the lawn went yellow and dead in staggered stages. The first sections to die would have new growth and then another apparently healthy section would start to yellow and be dead in days. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Today, January 26. There's some dry patches where you can see the regrowth blades have thinned because it's 41C here (and looks to be around 40C all week). But anyway, the EZ looks a lot better compared to a month ago. I didn't do anything but two applications of mancozeb and seasol. And no evening watering or other fertilizers. My Sapphire Buffalo in the front yard, on the other hand, still looks absolutely terrible and is tied for worst lawn on the block with the neighbor's half dead, weed-filled wintergreen couch. Re: Help with our EZ please! 20Feb 03, 2012 1:41 pm The leaves of Empire Zoysia curl as a defense mechanism when it is lacking water. I know you have said that its moist, but how many mm's is your lawn actually getting when its watered? Reticulation is a crucial element when establishing and looking after existing lawns. Hand watering does not provide adequate coverage, so some areas may be getting more water then others. Empire Zoysia tends to struggle through its first summer, more then other types of lawn. This is because it takes 12months for the roots to fully set into the ground. During the first summer your zoysia will need watering at least 3 times a week and should be getting 20mms per session. Also trying a wetting agent is a good idea. Using a product such as Bi-Agra will help hold the water to the roots like a sponge. Shannon O'Neill Turf Sales Consultant LOVEGROVE TURF SERVICES 41 Brentwood Rd, Wattle Grove, WA 6107 Ph: 9453 6222 Fax: 9453 1178 Thankyou so much 😀 I've decided on White on white for doors and trims, White on white 50% on ceiling and Mt buller for walls. Fingers crossed it will look OK 😀 2 7158 i had the my concreters concrete right up to the fence. I have pits all along my path, so the water tends to drain away from the house and into the pits. There's only one… 7 12773 All 3 items listed are defects and are of concern. Please seek qualified independent inspector and/or legal advice for your state. 1 8219 |