Temperature and Humidity. Zoysia grass is a warm-weather grass. It grows best in very warm to hot weather, above 80°F. It will stop growing when the first frost hits and remain dormant and brown ...

Q: Last year, my three neighbors and I experienced major sections of dead zoysia grass. We hired a company to maintain our lawns. They treated for grubs, then fungus, but it didn’t look any better.

By: Nathan Winter – U of M Extension I have had a few calls this past week asking about those too-good-to-be-true ads for zoysia grass plugs. Zoysia grass plugs are winter hardy here in ...

A: Zoysia is best mowed at 2 inches high in most cases. The key to having a good-looking zoysia lawn is regular mowing, whether it looks like it needs mowing or not.

Large-patch fungus is a major disease problem on both Zoysia and St. Augustine grass. This disease is a spring and fall problem as the soil temperatures drop.

Q • We have zoysia grass in the backyard. I’ve seen many of my neighbors lose their lawns to an unstoppable fungus. Now I see that it has started in ...

Take all root rot (TARR), also called take all patch, is a soil-borne fungus that attacks the roots of St. Augustine, also zoysia and even bermudagrass.

Q: I keep reading about Zoysia grass. Stories say it grows sideways and doesn't need to be mowed as often or watered as often, and only needs to be fertilized once a year. Is this true or all hype?

One of the big advantages of a Zoysia lawn is resistant to turf insects and diseases that affect other grasses. Zoysia does have one drawback; it will grow in a southwestern direction faster and ...

Take-all root rot is a warm-season turf disease affecting zoysia, Bermuda, and St. Augustine grasses. Symptoms include yellowing, thinning turf, and black, rotten roots. Proper irrigation ...