Sorry for the url's not working, not use to the forum yet. First url is in lawn care under Zoysia problems. Next one is natureslawn.com for liquid aerify and natures magic and the third is soilsoup.com

Guess you didnÂt hear what you wanted on the other forum. Your plan is same as you have done in the past, over fertilized. Zoysia only requires two fertilizer applications per year (sometimes 3 in far southern exposures), one when it starts to green up in spring and again about 8-weeks later. DoesnÂt matter if the method is organic or not. Over fertilizing Zoysia will only lead to thatch problems.

Corn meal is a very mild fertilizer and really only used as a fungicide rather than a fertilizer. You would have to uses 40-pounds per 1000/ft2 of cornmeal to make it a fertilizer application because of the very low protein content. Since SBM and Cornmeal are about the same price per pound, using cornmeal would cost you roughly 3 times more than SBM because it takes 3 times as much corn meal for a given area when used as a fertilizer.

On the other hand Corn Glutten Meal is the highest protein content of the grains and has limited pre-emergence attributes. If you want to try it, wait for the first spring application, but be prepared for sticker shock. Adding it now this late will only add to your thatch problems and will do a lot more harm than good like forcing the Zoysia to grow when it should be going dormant. For example the grass may not go dormant after your first mild frost, and if you were to get hit shortly after with a hard freeze, your Zoysia would likely die.

Save the compost until next spring after you remove the thatch as it will aid in decomposing whatever thatch remains after removing. Compost is added to cool season lawns in the fall, not warm season grasses.

Soybean meal is the best value for any of the organic methods and the most effective. It has the second highest protein content next to CGM at ¼ the cost of CGM.