CANDIDAME
Lolium westerwoldicum
- Very quick establishment
- Germinates at lower minimum temperatures
- Reaches a good ground cover faster and nurses the other grasses sown at the same time
- When the nurse job is done, it should disappear fast, and it does!
Quicker establishment = short time to good ground cover = saving the playing quality
Appearance is important, but the role of Candidame is above all to secure a quick cover of the ground in difficult situations and then degenerate and disappear!
Perfect for nursing the traditional species in the mixture
We recommend a low rate of Candidame, because, as a nurse species it should produce a quick ground cover while not competing excessively withe the perennial species in the mixture.
Candidame has a darker green colour than previous generations
This is often an advantage for a more visual homogeneity.
Leaf texture
The fineness of leaves is finer and again an advantage in terms of visual merit.
Technical Specifications
- Westerwold/annual ryegrass
Fast estalblishment in harsh conditions
- Listed/recommended in EU BY CZ RU TR
Period of overseedingRecommended % of each species in the mixture |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Species | Characteristic | Late autumn | Winter / Early spring | Spring till autumn |
| Westerwoldicum turf types | Rapid green up | 25 | 50 | X |
| 4turf perennial ryegrass | Summer & winter stress tolerance, low temperature germination | 25 | 25 | X |
| Rough-stalked meadow-grass | Shade tolerance | 20 | X | X |
| Diploid perennial ryegrass (Low temperature germination) | Wear tolerance & Rapid germination | 30 | 25 | X |
| Diploid perennial ryegrass (All) | Wear tolerance | X | X | 100 |
| Total | 100% | 100% | 100% | |
Mixture compositionsMixtures without perennial ryegrass |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Recommended % in mixtures | Scandinavia, Eastern Europe | UK, DE, Benelux | Southern Europe |
| Annual ryegrass | 20 | 15 | 10 |
| Red fescues | 60 | 65 | 70 |
| Smooth st. meadowgrass | 20 | 20 | 20 |
Mixture compositionsMixtures containing perennial ryegrass |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Recommended % in mixtures | Scandinavia, Eastern Europe | UK, DE, Benelux | Southern Europe |
| Annual ryegrass | 15 | 10 | 5 |
| Lolium perenne | 20 | 20 | 20 |
| Red fescues | 45 | 50 | 55 |
| Smooth st. meadowgrass | 20 | 20 | 20 |
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