Sprigging Primo Zoysia // How to use a Lawn Renovation to Transplant a New Lawn

[@richardportelli1983]

Should be awesome, I have a few pots of this going and they are now starting to look pretty rubbish after being neglected. But also have a couple pieces in my garden beds as an experiment and those bit look amazing and are starting to spread. So I think moving forward I need to get all mine into the ground when I can find the time. Absolutely gorgeous grass I must say.

[@BrandyMullens]

Great video, would love if you sprigged a t31 lawn!

[@ssbiggar]

Great content Emma it would be good to see how long it takes to grow.

[@lawncareaustralia8796]

Thankyou! Oh yeah, for sure - I’ll be taking photos and keep a bit of a log of what products I have applied and when

[@Crawfa79]

Can you do an update on this and the driveway spriggs?

[@wilsonline90]

you can even use the top material to sprig. If there's a bit of stem on it, it may root down. Just keep it damp. I did that with zoysia but only in a vase where it's easier to keep damp. But obviously, this can be done on a lawn. I have samples of Stadium, primo, laser and some other zoysias here. Stadium is very dark, but VERY prone to get fungus. A farmer told me it can't be N fertilized in the first season which is very weird to me. Lazer is very slow, but so pretty!!! Primo is a nice balance, not so fine as laser, but is dark and spread much faster and stays low under good sun and well, it will go up after a long time without mowing but only after a while. L1F/trinity is much faster to spread, but now as dark.

[@lawncareaustralia8796]

Yeah, I did end up planting some of the top stuff out in pots as a backup so we’ll see how that goes as well. I have read an article about Lazer and Primo. You’re right - it’s the colour and density that got me in!

[@wilsonline90]

@@lawncareaustralia8796 yeah, the color on primo is impressive! And it was the fastest to take the bucket haha. Actually, second place. L1F was a bit faster. But it does have that grayish that most zoysias have. Except by Stadium and Lazer. Stadium is darker, very dark stuff. But idk it grows taller and I just overfertilized it and got fungus. It didn't do good here. Lazer is insanely pretty and soft, but just as insanely slow. Very low thatch though. Now, the weird is that by the end of last year (our winter), Lazer had the same coverage and had much less thatch than all other cultivars. Just weird. But again, Primo is a very nice balance. And during the growing season, primo was the greenest. The guy that gave me those samples said primo is his favorite. Pretty much need a low mow with a reel mower to look good I guess. Stuff grows very short. All that said, I quit the idea of sprigging the side lawn with zoysia. That was the plan here. Instead I went with Platinun te paspalum from a single plug another friend send me. Crazy, but this stuff is reasonably shade tolerant in my experience. And grows so much faster. I still prefer the look of a fine bladed zoysia all day, but its just too slow. I will try it in the back though. If you have Seashore paspalum available, get some to try. Very interesting stuff. Fast and drought tolerant like bermuda, but actually has some shade tolerance. Haha. Front was plugged with T31 and shit is not shade tolerant at all! Not in my short experience lol and it looked terrible in the winter even though I'm in South Florida. We had a lot of overcast weather in this winter though. Stuff just needs light. Zoysia and paspalum had no issues.

[@richardportelli1983]

Turns out lush zoysia in pots are a great meal for armyworms. Don't forget your accelapryn because grubs are active again right now.

[@lawncareaustralia8796]

Good tip!! I just put down some Acelepryn and Ronstar over the weekend. Don’t want to make things any harder than they need to be

[@tradertexas9877]

How is this stand of turgrass doing now? Update please. Thank you.

[@mani545]

Great, video!! Can you possibly make a video of how you Pull start all your devices? (Cold Start) with original sound without music?? would be nice... :-)

[@mani545]

Pullstart Video Please... ;-)

[@daza2020]

Emma should go 1/2 with Australis vs primo see which is best

[@jasongarbutt4242]

Another really interesting video. Looking forward to see how it looks in Spring. Also keen to see how it handles the pool water getting splashed on it.?

[@lawncareaustralia8796]

Thanks for watching! Definitely not the ideal time of year to plant Matrella sprigs but I enjoy a challenge. I don’t think any turf type will handle the pool water but it shouldn’t get too much in terms of splash on that side of the pool. I’m using this as a trial to plant a larger section when we re-landscape. It’ll be further from the pool when that happens. Just working with what I’ve got here at the moment