Mix seed with at least ten times the amount 
of dry, clean sand or Vermiculite. 
Place in a flat, shallow pan so that the mix- 
ture is not over one inch deep. Soak but do not 
flood. Keep moist continually, wet down thor- 
oughly at least once each day and stir once or 
twice daily. 
Keep out in the hot sun. Leave it outdoors 
night and day for two weeks. By this time the 
seed will begin to crack and is ready for plant- 
ing. 
Sow seed and sand mixture, rake in lightly 
and roll. Keep moist same as you would with 
any other lawn seed. 
USES: 
Zoysia japonica is an extremely hardy perennial. 
It is persistent and will thrive in any kind of soil. 
While it will make as beautiful a lawn for the 
home as the more common grasses, its greatest 
value is for airports, athletic fields and play- 
grounds, cemeteries and golf courses, where a 
coarse and yet smooth turf is needed to withstand 
wear and tear of traffic. | 
The load-bearing capacity of Zoysia is un- 
paralleled by other grasses. Areas planted with 
this grass and driven over by a truck at a time 
when the soil was wet, barely showed the track 
on well-established sod. 
The fact that this grass grows very slowly, and 
only to a height of 9 inches, also makes it of 
outstanding value for all large areas. It requires 
mowing only a few times all season. 
Zoysia japonica in its early stages is quite tol- 
erant of other grasses. Later on, however, it will 
gradually spread and choke off all other grasses 
as well as weeds, so that eventually you will have 
a pure Zoysia turf. 
