Expanded Opportunities with Seeded Warm Season Turf

1. Expanded Opportunitieswith Seeded Warm Season Turf

2. Why use seeded warm season turfgrasses? • Change in water quality • Change in water quantity • Reduction in pesticides available • Reduced maintenance costs • Excellent for sports turf • Reduced establishment costs • Expanded temperature tolerance

3. Where to use seeded warm season turfgrasses? • Transition zone, temperate, sub-tropical, • and tropical • Further north for temporary turf • Golf courses - tees, fairways, roughs • Sports fields, schools, parks, home lawns, cemeteries, commercial, roadsides

4. How to use seeded bermudagrass? • Seeding Rate • Coated 2-4 lbs./1000 sq. ft. (1-2 lbs. uncoated) • Time to Plant • Soil Temperature above 65oF (18oC) • Late Spring through summer • Where to plant • Full sun on well drained soil, not shade adapted

5. How to use seeded bermudagrass? • How to plant • Shallow, 1/4 in.(6mm) or less, needs light • Germination time • 7-10 days, allow 14-21 for complete • Establishment time • 6-8 weeks, first mowing at 3-4 weeks • Mowing heights • 1/2 - 2 inches (1.3 - 5 cm)

6. How to use seeded bermudagrass? • Fertilization • First time 4 weeks after seeding, medium to • high rates for establishment • Seeding into existing turf • Yes, will blend into medium-fine to course • seeded or vegetative varieties. Use to repair • sites that do not recover from overseeding. • Scalp and remove perennial ryegrass from site.

7. How to use seeded bermudagrass? • Winter overseeding • Not recommended if newly established • Overseed with perennial ryegrass, fine fescues, • rough bluegrass, bentgrasses • Year round turf • Yes - sub-tropical, tropical areas • No - other areas, must overseed for color

8. Bermudagrass Terms • Winter color retention = extended • green color into Fall or Winter • Winter-hardiness = the ability to survive severe winterkill temperatures • Early Spring Greenup = growth and greenup starts earlier in Spring than the norm - • shorter dormancy period • Annual Spring Overseed (using warm season grasses) vs.Annual Fall Overseed (using cool season grasses)

10. Bermudagrass Products • La Prima • Blend of superior varieties • Adding in new products every year • Selection of varieties dependent on site • New varieties added • SR 9554 • Dark green, rapid establishment, high quality

11. How to use Companion zoysiagrass? • Seeding Rate • Coated 2-3 lbs./1000 sq. ft. (1-3 lbs. uncoated) • Time to Plant • Soil Temperature above 70oF (21oC) • Late Spring through summer • Where to plant • Full sun and partial shade on well drained soil

12. How to use Companion zoysiagrass? • How to plant • Shallow, 1/4 in.(6mm) or less, needs light • Germination time • 10-14 days, allow 21-28 for completion • Establishment time • 10-14 weeks, first mowing at 6-8 weeks • Mowing heights • 1/2 - 2 inches (1.3 - 5 cm)

13. How to use Companion zoysiagrass? • Fertilization • First time 4 weeks after seeding, medium to • high rates for establishment • Seeding into existing turf • Yes, will blend into medium-fine to course • seeded or vegetative varieties. • Slit seeded into existing tall fescue. Maintain • light into canopy while establishing.

14. How to use Companion zoysiagrass? • Winter overseeding • Not recommended if newly established • Overseed very lightly with perennial ryegrass, rough bluegrass, tall fescues • Year round turf • Yes - sub-tropical, tropical areas • Yes - in mixes with tall fescue in transition zone

15. How to use Companion zoysiagrass? • Establishing tall fescue - Companion together • Can be seeded together in June or July. May want to place tall fescue seed then zoysia seed on top. 1 lb. zoysia to 4 lbs. tall fescue • Guard against disease in tall fescue. • Establishing Companion then tall fescue • Plant Companion in summer. • Plant tall fescue in fall. Increased chance of • high initial zoysia population. • Maintain balance by modifying fertility.

16. SR 8500 Tall fescue • SR 8500 is a dwarf turf-type tall fescue • developed to form a low-growing, dark • green, dense, fine textured turf. These aesthetic characteristics have been • combined with both drought and disease resistance to create a beautiful new tall fescue designed to survive under tough conditions.

17. SR 8250 Tall fescue • SR 8250 is a new, semi-dwarf tall fescue that incorporates a broad genetic breeding • history and the beneficial Neotyphodium endophyte. This dark green, turf-type tall fescue has excellent shoot density and improved disease resistance

18. SR 8600 Tall fescue • SR 8600 is a new tall fescue that forms a • high quality turf with a dark green color • and dwarf growth habit. It contains high Neotyphodium endophyte levels. It has • shown excellent brown patch and leaf spot resistance.

19. Crewcut II Tall fescue • Crewcut II was developed as a replacement for Crewcut emphasizing darker color and improved turf quality over Crewcut and competitive to other varieties currently marketed. It has shown excellent turf • performance in CA, NJ and OH.

20. Tall Fescues • SR 8210, Tulsa and Regiment are high turf • quality stress resistant tall fescues. • Grande is a rhizomatous tall fescue that • is also stress tolerant.