SISKIN

    SISKIN

    Festuca commutata

    Chewings fescue

    Top lawn performance with outstanding red thread tolerance

    Exceptional disease resistance!

    Differences are rarely so exceptional as for the Siskin red thread score on the STRI list. 0.7 higher than number two is an exceptional advantage. Siskin has excellent visual merit even with very low inputs.

    Suitable golf greens, fairways, tees and high quality lawns

    Siskin is ranked No 1 for lawn and fairway use with exceptional density and good colour giving a high visual merit rating. Siskin also shows high performance in trials under golf green management!

    High salt tolerance

    Siskin ranks very highly in the DLF R&D tests for salt tolerance making this an ideal cultivar for links golf courses and coastal sites.

    • Number 1 for Lawn and Fairway use in STRI trials
    • Superior red thread tolerance
    • Highest shoot density for Lawn and Fairway use in STRI trials
    • Suitable for golf greens with superior density under close mowing
    • High relative salt tolerance

    Ratings

    Scale 1-9, where 9 = best or most pronounced

    Close mowing
    Salt tolerance
    Density
    Colour
    Red thread tolerance
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    Best visual merit & red thread tolerance

    Source: STRI 2016 table L3 (Lawn)
    Scale 1-9, 9 is best

    High performance on golf greens too

    Source: STRI 2016 table G2 (greens)
    Scale 1-9, 9=best
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