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On Mon, 17 May 2021 20:47:56 -0400, wrote:

On Mon, 17 May 2021 20:04:55 -0400, wrote:

On Mon, 17 May 2021 19:43:41 -0400, wrote:

On Mon, 17 May 2021 17:57:00 -0400, slate_leeper
wrote:

For a mostly-shady but heavily traveled (by my dogs) area?
Northeastern Tennessee near the Virginia border.

Zoysia should grow there. It's in the "transition zone" but it should
go. Zoysia is dense, wear resistant, drought resistant and will take
over anything in its path. Great stuff but if you have flower beds,
they need a *good* border. If it's kept healthy, you'll never see
another weed. Keep it cut or you're going to need a sharp sickle.
It's dense stuff.

I have a patch of Zoysia by my pool and it is the only grass that has
survived but I still get weeds in there.

Try fertilizing with 0-45-0 once every other year. Mine would get
dandelions in it but after hitting it with the triple-superphosphate
they all disappeared. The Zoysia woke up and strangled them all. It
worked for about two years between treatments (plus normal
fertilization a couple of times each year).

I'll give it a shot.