u/-CosmicDust

DFW (north) Texas climate (summer).  I have a Zoysia grass yard that is just over a year old.  Early in the growing season (April/May) the yard was taking off like normal.  We were leaving for vacation so to avoid coming back to a jungle, I lowered the mower height one notch and here we are.  For the most part, the grass growth never came back.  There are very tall blades sporadically throughout the entire yard.  I know from the edges of the grass blades that my lawnmower was not cutting them cleanly so I replaced the mower blade.  That did not help.  We have a sprinkler system which during the summer drought I was running three days a week, two run cycles per watering day.  I was determined not to lose this grass and in the process I think I may have been overwatering it?  The moisture gauge level was “wet” for most of the summer (I mistook this for a good thing).  I have just cut back watering and the weather temps are finally cooling off.  I am also about to replace our older mower so maybe that will help with the “clean cut” issue?  It’s also odd to me that the grass seems fine around the perimeter edges where I use a weed-eater for trimming.  I’m curious to see if there is anything else that is obviously going on here.  Hopefully this is not beyond repair. The last two photos are what the yard looked like last year.  Thanks in advance.

I can access the pictured screen using the Apple TV (stream box) remote by swiping down but I’m not able to access the screen using other 3rd party (non-DirecTV) remotes with the directional down function (the task used to work but suddenly stopped). I understand this is more than like a remote issue but I thought I would at least see if anyone else is having trouble accessing this screen. I am using the direct stream-only app through an Apple TV box. Thanks in advance.