u/keepfrozenthissideup

I posted on here a while back asking for some ideas for a super soft lawn because the tall fescue I had previously was like touching little serrated daggers and gave me a weird amount of papercuts somehow?? I deleted the posts cause they didn't get much feedback ;( Anyways I tried to find Zeon zoysia but I cannot find any for sale in southern California! I didn't want to spend money on bermuda sod because the lawn area is not that large and a pallet was too much grass. I actually bought RIO bermuda grass seed to use, but we kinda panicked and noped out of that because after some soul searching, we can't commit to mowing weekly (we never have.....) and I just know that stuff would take over the entire yard if not maintained correctly, especially being a non-sterile variety potentially going to seed all over the yard. I am growing a small pot of it though so maybe I'll post some pics at some point if anyone is curious.

About two years ago I had planted some Zoysia tenuifolia in a garden path and rediscovered it while we continued to search for what kind of ground cover/grass to put in.... Given I heavily abused it by not watering it, never fertilized it, it grew well under other plants, and is generally still alive, cute and nice looking-

We ended up planting 12 flats of Zoysia tenuifolia on 6-30-26. It seemed to root really quickly so I gave it some liquid fertilizer two weeks after planting and gave it a little mow with a reel mower to encourage it to grow laterally. Then 7-11-26 we planted another 12 flats for a total of 24 little sod patches! My goal is to have a lawn that needs infrequent mowing, like once a month to keep it from getting super lumpy and no mowing at all when it's dormant. I'm in zone 10b, the lawn isn't big enough for sports or whatever, we just want a nice patch of something to sit in eventually once our trees mature more.

I can't find much info on growing Zoysia tenuifolia as a lawn, probably cause this is a stupid idea lol, but wanted to post something for anyone else who has the same idea. I found a few posts from people starting something similar or purchasing a house with a large unkept patch, but no images, info they've learned from the process, or updates. I want this to be a semi-maintained carpet lawn. If I get around to doing them, I'll post some experiments occasionally for the future Z. tenuifolia-curious.

One experiment I want to try on a few patches is, I want to treat with PGR Trinexapac-ethyl 12% to further encourage lateral growth while kinda juicing the plants with fertilizer, but was hoping people in this sub would have more experience with this product?

Anyone have experience growing this grass in general? Mowing? Fertilizing? Encouraging lateral growth?

For the search terms; Korean grass, korean velvet grass, Mascarene grass, mascarenegrass, no mow grass, temple grass. I had a hard time finding posts on this grass because it goes by so many names!

Bought a flipped house, and the flippers CAULKED THE LIGHTS INTO THE CANS and of course they set them all to serial killer ultra white. I've put off removing them to change the tone to a warmer color for years because I knew this would suck to fix, so we just haven't used the ceiling lights. I have recently removed a few using a razor blade to slice through the caulking and then I can pry the lights out of the cans... of course they basically filled the rim of the LED light fixtures with caulk too so it sticks to the rim of the can. It's really messy though and I've slightly damaged the drywall scraping and prying so now need to fix that too. Any ideas for an easier way to remove the caulk?? Is there some product that can dissolve it or a better tool to use? Or am I stuck using razor blades to slowly slice through and pry the cans out, then fix all the messed up drywall :(

If my 9 month old baby/toddler falls asleep in the carseat, his head lulls forward when he’s in the upright position/bubble black zone (rear facing). Is it dangerous to lean the seat back a little if he’s over the weight limit for the bubble white zone? Thinking if we were to take him on a longer road trip and he falls asleep is it okay to drive with him reclined a little while he sleeps? He’s in the Evenflo Revolve 360 slim.

I’m currently parked in a parking lot with him rn while he snoozes so I leaned his seat back a little while we’re not driving ;)