Golf Greens
Perfect play on perfect grass
Where Creeping Bent is First Choice
Creeping bent grass (Agrostis stolonifera) has excellent growth when the conditions are cold winters and hot summers. Creeping bent is dormant during the winter and play is normally not possible. In hot summers creeping bent grows vigorously and provides a top quality putting surface.
High or Low Input Greens
Creeping bent normally creates a perfect green, but the demand for water, fertilizer and fungicides is quite high. A low input golf green can be obtained by using a mixture of red fescue commutata/trichophylla and Agrostis tenuis (browntop). This mixture can be mowed approximately 1 mm higher than 100% creeping bent grass. Due to the very fine needle shaped leaves of the fine fescues, the speed of the green is normally the same.
The new choice: Velvet Bent
Velvet bent grass (Agrostis canina) is gaining more and more attention. There are several reasons to consider this species. It produces the densest putting surface of all species. The nitrogen requirement is reduced, and the overall disease resistance is better than in other bent grasses. These caracteristics makes it a good partner for mixtures with red fescues, but it can be used alone.
Red Fescue and Browntop
In many ways the combination of red fescue trichophylla/commutata and Agrostis tenuis (browntop) is ideal, thriving very well in mild conditions where it tolerates winter play. Both species are winterhardy so they tolerate the very cold conditions found in semi continental and continental climates.
Poa Reptans
Where shade is a problem in more temperate and cold areas and where humidity is high we can offer the optimal solution - TRUE-PUTT, Poa reptans. This special product from DLF-TRIFOLIUM is a unique answer to many of the problems arising on these greens. It will establish faster than most creeping bents!
DLF-TRIFOLIUMS proposals for ideal golf greens
A
100% Agrostis stolonifera
sowing rate: app. 0.8 kg/100 m2
or
100% Agrostis canina
sowing rate: app. 0.8 kg/100 m2
B
45% Festuca rubra trichophylla-two varieties
40% Festuca commutata
15% Agrostis tenuis
Sowing rate: app. 2.5 kg/100m2
C
100% Poa reptans
Sowing rate: app. 1 kg/100 m2
Top rated varieties specially recommended for golf greens
Agrostis stolonifera (Creeping bent)
Cobra Nova
CY 2
Independence 1
Agrostis canina (Velvet bent)
Legendary
Villa 1
Agrostis tenuis (Browntop)
Greentime
Jorvik
Lance
Polana
Tiger Nova
Poa reptans
True-Putt
Festuca rubra trichophylla
Amarone
Cezanne
Corsaire
Mocassin
Rosita
Smirna
Turner 1
Festuca rubra commutata
Blenheim
Belleaire
Calliope
Greensleeves
Legende
Maritza
Monuela
Troville
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