I bought my house from my Grandparents back in '99. Prior to that, they lived here since 1961 and in the late '70's early '80's my Grandpa began plugging zoysia into the yard. Well, over time, the whole yard was zoysia and it looked great. Stood up to the heat, chocked out all of the weeds, we loved it. But in '97-'98 we began having problems with the zoysia dying. Thought it was grubs but wasn't. Talked to many different "pros" and the two most common responses were: "It has a lifespan and it is at the end, must be replaced." and "It's a brown patch disease." Well, I replaced a LOT of sod and it ended up dead too. Some of my neighbors had the same problem and replaced their yards with fescue. Quiters, I called them. I was going to win. I lost.
Spring of '99 I had a bobcat scrape off all of the zoysia, down to the dirt and seeded with a macho fescue mix. I love it!! But now, I have big areas where the zoysia is coming back. I've been told that the only way to get rid of it is to spray the ENTIRE yard with Roundup and start over. I say there has to be a better way. Some kind of product that will just get rid of the zoysia and not harm my fescue but, as of yet, I can't find such a product. I have a lot of time and money in my yard and I would hate to kill it all. I planned on putting in a sprinkler system next year but, if I have to start over, that will be a no go. Can someone please help?
Spring of '99 I had a bobcat scrape off all of the zoysia, down to the dirt and seeded with a macho fescue mix. I love it!! But now, I have big areas where the zoysia is coming back. I've been told that the only way to get rid of it is to spray the ENTIRE yard with Roundup and start over. I say there has to be a better way. Some kind of product that will just get rid of the zoysia and not harm my fescue but, as of yet, I can't find such a product. I have a lot of time and money in my yard and I would hate to kill it all. I planned on putting in a sprinkler system next year but, if I have to start over, that will be a no go. Can someone please help?