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1. Dill Christopher A

   
   3/30/2014 2:03 PM

   Pros and cons on diamond zoysia as choice for a 1/2" collar height.

   
   
   
   
2. Melvin Waldron

   

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   3/30/2014 8:03 PM

   Chris,
   
   You might give your location and climate, also what your other grasses are.
   
   I know we have Meyer zoysia in the upper transition zone with bent greens, bermuda fairways, fescue roughs. I am not happy with our zoysia collars, especially where there is a lot of traffic, between golfers with their pull carts and our triplex greens mowers. They don't seem to handle our high traffic areas. But we do have a shorter growing season of maybe mid April to end of September.
   
   Mel

   
   Melvin H. Waldron III, CGCS, Horton Smith Golf Course, City of Springfield/Greene County MO
   
   
3. Dill Christopher A

   
   3/31/2014 5:03 AM

   Thanks Mel,
   
   I'm located in western ky. Bent grass greens and Bermuda fairways.

   
   
   
   
4. Anthony Nysse

   

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   4/1/2014 8:04 AM

   CD,
   You sure Diamond can mow up to .5'? Fantastic turf mowed tight.

   
   
   
   
5. Dill Christopher A

   
   4/1/2014 6:04 PM

   Good to here from you.. Hope all is well with you. I'm just looking for some options. Thought it might be an option. Thought it would be more consistent from a playability stand point. My Bermuda / bent are not that good in the spring. Could it handle 3/8". We had a tee at the Honors Course and thought we cut at 1/2".

   
   
   
   
6. Dill Christopher A

   
   4/1/2014 6:04 PM

   How would it take primo or trimmit ???

   
   
   
   
7. Matthew Devine

   

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   4/2/2014 11:04 AM

   1/2 inch will be a little tall for a collar of diamond. it will get puffy. we had them down at about .250. primo is great on it once summer gets going and it is growing. i would suggest keeping it off the diamond before then. makes for some difficult apps on greens until then though. be ready for the bent to grow into in half the year and the bermuda to grow into in the other half of the year.

   
   
   
   
8. Sam Welch

   

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   4/2/2014 2:04 PM

   TifGrand is going in with a lot of greens conversions from bent to bermuda in Georgia. Great grass.

   
   
   
   
9. Dru Clark

   

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   4/2/2014 5:04 PM

   Is Tifgrand proving not to encroach aggressively?

   
   
   
   
10. Dill Christopher A

    
    4/2/2014 6:04 PM

    Thanks for your input. Have a great year.

    
    
    
    
11. Hunter Cooper

    

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    4/3/2014 8:04 AM

    X2 on the Tif Grand. We converted greens this past summer and a single Tif-Grand collar. We mow it with a 18in walk mower twice a week and it only takes about 2 hours. Looks amazing, couple that with regular edging and it will really make things stand off. Have heard some negatives about zoysia and managing the moisture in that interface. Good luck!
    
    R. Hunter Cooper
    Assistant Superintendent
    Reynolds Plantation- The Oconee