Thailand

Zoysiagrass is especially well-adapted to East and Southeast Asia. In Thailand, the local variety of manilagrass (Zoysia matrella) grows so well that the time from planting to harvest as sod is only 45 days.

You have probably used a bit of Zoysia at some time, but I bet you have never seen it produced like this. In my work at Thailand, I …

The Sritrang Golf Course in southern Thailand’s Trang province is a low maintenance golf course on an army base, using native grasses, including a native manilagrass (Zoysia matrella) on the putting greens.

Edward Boyda and I traveled to the Tublamu Navy Golf Course in southern Thailand to find out what happened when the Indian Ocean …