Please help - I cut my Emerald Zoysia lawn way too short. How can I help it recover?

Jetset

I just bought a house with Emerald Zoysia. I had a rotary mower but traded it in for a reel mower. The first day I had the new mower I cut the lawn way to short. The back of my lawn has a pretty significant slope and now nearly half of the lawn is brown. I guess I scalped a lot of it. It's been about a week since I mowed it last and in some areas the grass is growing, but the brown areas are not growing. What should I do? I bought Weed and Feed but haven't been able to put it out yet. Please help because I love this lawn and don't want to ruin it! Will it recover?

Thanks!

Answer
The good news is that it's going to grow back. It looks ugly when brown, true, but it will grow green again. Next time, leave it at least 3" tall and plan to mow it weekly. Best if you bag the clippings, too, IMHO.

Emerald Zoysia produces an excessive thatch layer and will need to be thatched at least once a year.

It does make a beautiful lawn!

I'm planting zoysia grass in Georgia, and my original lawn has a lot of weeds (real fat leaves).?

linktoterr

Will the new plugs kill out the weeds or can i use weed killer on the weeds while the zoisia is trying to take root and grow?

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Make sure the label reads "kills the weeds and not the lawn" before you spray. That grass is pretty hard to mow. It's hard to push anything with wheels through it. I use a self propelled walk behind mower for part of mine and the rest of the half acre I use a riding mower. The roots are deeper than other grass and also very thick and tough. I never water mine.

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