Last winter (December 06) we had a zoysia yard put in. Without reliving all the gory details (and upsetting myself again), I will say the grass was laid over wet, red clay. Now, some of the grass is doing well, some is barely holding on, but the most disgusting thing, if you should use a riding mower, the effect would be as driving on a rub-board road. From a distance the yard look fairly level but it is awful to walk in. How can we eventually level out the yard, but firstly how can we get it all healthy? I also learned all zoysia is not equal. We used El Toro (I think)for the large area. This spring my husband and I laid zorro zoysia in the front. That pallet was and is the most gorgeous grass I've ever seen. It is thick and lush and dark green. Am I asking the impossible that my poor grass in the back have a chance to be lush and green. Thank you so much, diane

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Lawn Questions, Zoysia

Garden-Ville has a product called Sports Turf Plus, it is a combination of compost, washed sand, and green sand (for iron). If you spread out a 1/2" layer of STP every spring and fall over the next couple of years you will have a healthy lush green grass and the sand in the mix will help to level out the areas. You do not want to do it all at one time because you will run the risk of killing off the grass in the lower spots. If you are not in the Austin/ San Antonio Texas area find a soil yard that sells a compost and sand mixture and spread it out. Don't forget to fertilize twice a year with Garden-Ville's Premium Lawn Food 7-2-2.