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St Augustine's invasion (and Burmuda)
Dave-tx wrote:
I'm trying to fight runners from neighbors' St Augustine coming through my fence and taking over my Zoysia, and thought I'd solicit the group for advice/tips. I got the largest size of black plastic flower bed edging from Lowes and trenched it along the base of the fence. The runners try to grow over it, but they are easy to trim back with the weed eater. I can also see any runners that make it and pull them out. Since the St. Augustine is all above the ground, it's easy. I hate it that we have water rationing just because people plant St. Augustine. I love my Zoysia: less invasive than Burmuda, hasn't needed to be watered yet this year. (It's well established--three years) It seems to crowd out most weeds, and it grows slowly enough to only need mowing twice a month or less. I did add lots of compost and lava sand at first, and I throw all my prunings on the grass to be mulched in with the mower, so I have plenty of organic material to help it grow. The only scary thing is a few places where I see the triple seed heads of a bit of Burmuda. I try to pull it, but it is hard to tell the diference between the Burmuda and the Zoysia, and of course I know that i could never remove all the Burmuda without digging out a cubic yard of dirt or nuking the whole area with some lovely herbicide. Does anyone have a trick for killing Burmuda in a Zoysia lawn? --Patrick |
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