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:

Elite Rye Fescue Sport 25Kg

25%
Cadix (Dwarf perennial rye grass)
20%
Hugo (Dwarf perennial rye grass)
25%
Bizet(Dwarf perennial rye grass)
15%
Calliope  (Chewings Fescue)
15%
Herald  (Strong Creeping Red Fescue)

Sowing Rate: 30-35g per sq metre  Overseeding Rate : 15-20g per sq metre.

Very high quality mixture for use on all hardwearing areas such as Tees and Sportsfields cut at around 25mm.

Elite All Rye Sport 25Kg

35%
Bizet (Dwarf perennial rye grass)
35%
Cadix (Dwarf perennial rye grass)
30%
Churchill (Dwarf perennial rye grass)

Sowing Rate: 30-35g per sq metre  Overseeding Rate : 15-20g per sq metre.

Premium Rye Grass Fescue 25Kg

20%
Bareine (Dwarf perennial rye grass)
20%
Barrage (Dwarf perennial rye grass)
30%
Platinum (Dwarf perennial rye grass)
10%
Wilma   (Chewings Fescue)
20%
Herald  (Strong Creeping Red Fescue)

Sowing Rate: 30-35g per sq metre  Overseeding Rate : 15-20g per sq metre.

Good quality good value hard wearing mixture for all turf uses.

Premium All Rye 25Kg

30%
Ragtime (Dwarf perennial rye grass)
35%
Barsandra (Dwarf perennial rye grass)
35%
Bareine Dwarf perennial rye grass)

Sowing Rate: 30-35g per sq metre  Overseeding Rate : 15-20g per sq metre.

Good quality good value hard wearing mixture for all turf overseeding.

 

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Your own mix can be made to order by contacting us.

GRASS SPECIES
DESCRIPTION
PERENNIAL RYEGRASS (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.

 

SMOOTH-STALKED MEADOW-GRASS (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.

 

FINE FESCUES (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.

 

CHEWINGS FESCUE (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.

 

SLENDER CREEPING RED FESCUE (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.

 

STRONG CREEPING RED FESCUE (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.

 

BENTGRASS (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.

 

OREGON BROWNTOP BENT (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.

 

DUTCH BROWNTOP BENT (Agrostis tenuis)
  • Creeps more moderately than castellana through a combination of underground rhizomes and overground stolons. Creeps more moderately than castellana through a combination of underground rhizomes and overground stolons.

 

CREEPING BENT (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.

 

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