Grass profiles6 released
Grass profiles
One profile per species, four bench numbers and the parameters behind them.
| Hybrid bermudagrass (Tifway 419)Cynodon dactylon x transvaalensiswarm | 15–25 mm | 20 | 50–100 mm | 20 mm/wk | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zoysiagrass (Empire)Zoysia japonicatransition | 15–30 mm | 10 | 50–75 mm | 20 mm/wk | |
| Kentucky bluegrassPoa pratensiscool | 25–40 mm | 15 | 50–75 mm | 30 mm/wk | |
| Perennial ryegrassLolium perennetransition | 30–50 mm | 14 | 75–100 mm | 25 mm/wk | |
| Creeping red fescueFestuca rubra subsp. rubracool | 40–60 mm | 6 | 50–100 mm | 15 mm/wk | |
| Turf-type tall fescueSchedonorus arundinaceustransition | 50–70 mm | 12 | 100–150 mm | 20 mm/wk |
Zoysiagrass Empire: half the nitrogen, twice the patience
Zoysia sits between the bermudagrasses and the fescues: it holds a 15 to 30 mm cut, runs on 10 g of nitrogen per square metre per year, and survives drought on a 150 to 250 mm root system. It also…
Creeping red fescue: the low-input shade grass that hates being fed
Creeping red fescue is the only species in this set that gets worse when you fertilise it. It takes full shade, survives on 6 g of nitrogen per square metre per year, and keeps colour on 15 mm of…
Perennial ryegrass: fastest to cover, first to suffer in heat
Perennial ryegrass germinates in five days, holds its colour through winter, and takes wear better than any other cool-season species at 30 mm. It also roots no deeper than 150 mm and is the first…
Hybrid bermudagrass Tifway 419: the 15 mm sports surface
Tifway 419 is a sterile hybrid, so it cannot be sown from seed at all: it goes in as sod, plugs or sprigs. What it buys is the most wear-tolerant, most self-repairing surface in this profile set at a…
Turf-type tall fescue: deep roots, no rhizomes, high cut
Tall fescue is the drought answer for the transition zone and the wrong choice for anyone who wants a low, tight lawn. It roots to 250 mm, tolerates 40 mm of mowing without complaint, and cannot fill…
Kentucky bluegrass: the rhizome-repair profile
Kentucky bluegrass is the most self-repairing cool-season turf you can sow, and the most thatch-prone. Everything in this profile follows from those two facts: a mow range of 25 to 40 mm, 15 g of…