This is 2 month old korean lawn grass also known as a type Zoysia Japonica. We had quite bad rocky clay so we removed a lot of the rocks and added about 10cm of topsoil mixed with sand and bark compost. We also sloped it a little so water runs off into a french drain. We have been having a very hot and dry summer so far. The first month I watered twice daily. For the past few weeks I've been doing a deep watering every 2 days in the early morning.
Some parts of the lawn are doing great and the grass is vibrant. Some parts are yellow and the grass isn't growing much. Some parts the grass is turning purple. Most of this lawn gets full sun, I make sure to water the sections that seem to be heat stressed extra.
I haven't used anything on the grass yet besides water, I only cut it once at about 25cm(1 inch).
What is your advice to get this lawn looking better and to improve the sections of sod that aren't doing too well? Please help!
by osechinko
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Beautiful spot! Enjoy it. 😮
So … Respectfully… F*ck you for the view, you just wanted to show off
Do not water every day, except after fertilising. Watering once or twice a day in warm/hot weather is an invitation for fungi. The purple tips could be a fungal infection (Laetisaria fuciformis, Corticium fuciforme).
Fertilise with nitrogen and then water.
text me if you have any further questions.
Looks pretty good to me
Buy a hydrometer. It’s 2 metal spikes you stab in your lawn. Not very expensive on Amazon. Water according to how it reads.
How are you watering? Sprinkler or hose?
As for the trouble spots, it could be heat related, foot traffic, pet urine(or human), maybe fungus, compacted soil, etc
A fellow lawn owner in JPN! I think you’re the first I’ve seen here