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INSTRUCTIONS POR PLANTING AND. CARING FOR NEYER (Z-52) ZOVSIA GRASS 
Within the next few days, you are to receive plugs of the newer Zoysia 
turfgrass for better lawns. Keep in close touch with yo ailway — ; 
Express Agent so as to avoid unnecessary delay. Imuediatély 
arrival, remove top of container and gently pour clean cook wa ov an > 
the plugs so as to soak each plug throughly. ” VON es / 
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Next, take your plugger-transplanter, which was purchas Brie od ue 
other instrument and make holes two inches in diameter and twod 
half inches deep every 12 inches in rows spaced 12 inches apart. (This 
is what we mean when we say to plant on 12 inch centers.) -Our, plugger 
transplanter will drop each existing lawn plug beside each hole as~you 
step upon it. Let these plugs remain where they fall. 
When this operation is finished, fill each hole about =e full 6f Idase 
soil from the plugs you have just removed from your aréas Teke the 
well soaked Zoysia plugs and set into the holes on top of the loose 
soil. Using your foot, Step upon each placed plug so as to cause the 
plug to fit closely against the sides of the hole, as well as to make 
the top of the plug level with the existing lawn, Take the remaining 
portions of the existing lawn plugs, crush the soil and work it in 
firmly around cut edges of the Zoysia plug so as to prevent air pockets 
remaining around sides and top of plug. Set your lawn sprinkler and 
soak all plugs with water. The newly planted area should be kept moi- 
st for several weeks following planting. Later, when your Zoysia 
becomes established, the extremely deep root system of each plant will 
eliminate the need of constant watering, 
Meyer Zoysia can be expected to take over your existing lawn grasses 
within two years when plugged on 12 inch centers. ‘The further apart 
your plugs are spaced, the longer peroid of time it will require to 
convert. Experimentally, plots that were set on 6" centers have con- 
verted in less than one year. Plugs placed into Dowfume treated bare 
soil can be expected to cover over in about one-half to one-third the 
time required otherwise. 
Now that you have a potential lawn of permanent grass that will afford 
you beautiful greenage during the warmer months, we know that you are 
interested in the ultimate of vear around greenagee This can be acco- 
mplished by overseeding your Zoysia with the new Merion (B-27) Blue- 
grass in the early spring or late fall. This should be broadcast with 
eyclone seeder or lawn fertilizer destributer at the rate of one pound 
of seed to cach 1000 square feet. It is best to mix one pound of seed 
with two gallons of dry builders sand for more uniform distribution. 
Broadcast one-half of your seed and sand say going North and South, 
then apply the ramaining one-half in opposite directions of East and 
West. Area should be gone over with backside of a fine tooth rake to 
shake all seed to the soil area. 
During the hot weather months of June to middle of September, keep lawn 
mowed at = to 1g inches to encourage your Zoysia, then after September 
mow at two inches to encourage your Bluegrass. Consult your local 
Nurseryman or County Agent for fertilizer recommendations suited to 
your particular lawn area. 
NORDAN'S GRASS FARM, ABBEVILLE, ALABANA 
