The choice of grass seed for amenity use is extensive so here is an overview of the different species and where they are best suited.
The aim is for consistent top quality turf which can contend with ever increasing traffic loads and the resultant wear and tear.
Examples of seed mixes:
Creeping Bentgrass
Elite Greens 25Kg
Sowing Rate: 25g per sq metre Overseeding Rate : 10-15g per sq metre
Very high quality mix usually only used for links situation
Super Bent Greens 25Kg
Sowing Rate: 12g per sq metre Overseeding Rate : 4-6g per sq metre
Traditional Highland Greens 25Kg
Sowing Rate: 35g per sq metre Overseeding Rate : 15-20g per sq metre
Traditional bent /fescue is used in lots of situations for seeding/ overseeding.
Also used in parkland courses for seeding areas where rye has never been used. Produces a very fine high quality lawn.
Traditional Bent Fescue 20Kg
Sowing Rate: 30-35g per sq metre Overseeding Rate : 15-20g per sq metre.
Tees & fairway seeding and overseeding on traditional courses. Very cost effective low maintenance slow growing mixture.
Fine Fescue 20Kg
Sowing Rate: 25-35g per sq metre Overseeding Rate : 10-15g per sq metre.
Very high quality mixture for greens tees & surrounds on links courses.
Traditional Fescue 20Kg
Sowing Rate: 30-35g per sq metre Overseeding Rate : 15-20g per sq metre.
Tees & fairway seeding and overseeding on traditional courses. Very cost effective low maintenance slow growing mixture.
Elite All Rye Tees 25Kg
Sowing Rate: 30-35g per sq metre Overseeding Rate : 15-20g per sq metre
The finest all rye mix that money can buy. For use on close mown tees/fairways -12mm and below.
Elite Rye Fescue Tees 25Kg
Sowing Rate: 30-35g per sq metre Overseeding Rate : 15-20g per sq metre.
The finest rye/fescue mix that money can buy. For use on close mown areas to produce turf below 12mm.
Will produce the highest quality turf on tees, surrounds, fairways and lawns.
Verdi Mix 10 & 20Kg
Sowing Rate: 30-35g per sq metre. Overseeding Rate : 15-20g per sq metre.
Good quality good value hard wearing fine mixture for all turf uses.
All Rye Golf Tees 25Kg
Sowing Rate: 30-35g per sq metre. Overseeding Rate : 15-20g per sq metre.
Good quality good value hard wearing fine mixture for all turf overseeding.
Traditional Bent Fescue 25Kg
Sowing Rate: 30-35g per sq metre. Overseeding Rate: 15-20g per sq metre.
Tees & fairway seeding and overseeding on traditional courses. Very cost effective low maintenace slow growing mixture.
Verdi Mix 10 & 20Kg
Sowing Rate: 30-35g per sq metre. Overseeding Rate: 15-20g per sq metre.
Good quality good value hard wearing fine mixture for all turf uses.
Special Roughs Mix 20Kg
Sowing Rate: 30-35g per sq metre. Overseeding Rate: 15-20g per sq metre.
Traditional Bent Fescue 20Kg
Sowing Rate: 30-35g per sq metre. Overseeding Rate: 15-20g per sq metre.
Tees & fairway seeding and overseeding on traditional courses. Very cost effective low maintenance slow growing mixture.
Shade Mix 12.5Kg
Sowing Rate: 25g per sq metre. Overseeding Rate: 10-15g per sq metre.
Shade Mix – Extreme 5Kg
Sowing Rate: 25g per sq metre. Overseeding Rate: 10-15g per sq metre.
Your own mix can be made to order by contacting us.
(Lolium perenne)
- Medium fine to coarse leafed species (2-6mm). Recent advances in breeding have however produced finer leafed varieties.
- Markedly more tolerant to wear than red fescues and bent grasses and used extensively in heavy wear amenity situations.
- Fastest germination amongst amenity grass types . Under favourable conditions can show life within 2-3 days and may require cutting in 2 weeks.
- Tufted growth habit and cannot spread as rapidly as creeping grass species. On its own does not hold together well and is slow to repair.
- Produces a fairly open sward. Creeping grass species normally added to fill out sward.
- Not very tolerant to close mowing. However breeding advances producing newer cultivars more tolerant to close mowing.
- Limited tolerance to drought.
(Poa pratensis)
- Its rhizomes give good recovery from wear and some drought tolerance.
- Establishment is slow and best results can only be achieved if at least 12 months is left between sowing and use.
- Once established, it can be as hard wearing as perennial ryegrass and usually has better tolerance of close mowing.
(Festuca rubra species)
- These are used mainly in managed turf situations where there is an emphasis on quality and performance of the turf surface.
- Fine fescue species provide dense cover, often producing up to 90,000 shoots per M2. There are 3 principal types of fine fescues used in amenity turf situations.
(Festuca rubra commutata)
- Like perennial ryegrass, has a tufted growth habit and therefore slow to colonise bare patches.
- Fine leafed, low growth, very tolerant to close mowing (down to 5mm).
- Supports abrasive summer wear well, good disease resistance.
(Festuca rubra litoralis)
- Spreads moderately by rhizomes.
- Fine leafed, low growth, very tolerant of close mowing (down to 5mm).
- Susceptible to red thread, capable of withstanding abrasive summer wear and recovers moderately well from such wear.
(Festuca rubra rubra)
- Possesses more numerous, longer and coarser rhizomes than its Slender counterpart.
- It produces a much coarser leaf creating a more open sward.
- Not tolerant to close mowing (below 13mm) and shows poor tolerance to heavy wear.
(Agrostis species)
- Bentgrass species are ideally suited to fine turf applications, given their very high shoot density which in close mown greens can reach up to 120,000 shoots per M2.
- There are 3 principal species of Agrostis used in fine turf.
(Agrostis castellana)
- Most drought tolerant of Agrostis species.
- Has a creeping growth habit, spreading vigorously by rhizomes.
- Longer growth season than other species of Agrostis.
(Agrostis tenuis)
- Creeps more moderately than castellana through a combination of underground rhizomes and overground stolons.
(Agrostis stolonifera)
- Has a vigorous creeping growth habit through overground stolons.
- Most tolerant of Agrostis species to great extremes of heat and cold.
- Grows aggressively in warm temperatures but becomes dormant under cool conditions.