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Professional Turf Seed Product Guide 2022-2023

FOUR GENERATIONS OF EXCELLENCE For four generations, the Barenbrug family has sought to make life beautiful through the enhancement of green spaces around the globe. We care just as deeply about turf as you! Whether you’re seeding worldclass golf fairways, sports fields, professional landscapes, or residential lawns, we know we have a solution for you.

Our Mission

“ Increase animal productivity to help feed the world, and enhance the enjoyment of green spaces.”

Contents

Barenbrug Research

Yellow Jacket® Enhanced Seed Coating

Green Earth®

HGT®: Technology

10 Kentucky Bluegrass: Barenbrug 12 RTF®: Technology 14 Tall Fescue: Barenbrug 16 RPR®: Technology 18 Premium Perennial Ryegrass 19 Perennial Ryegrass 20 Fine Fescue 22 Seeded Bermudagrass 23 Elite Seeded Bermudagrass 24 SOS® 26 Jacklin 28 Bentgrass 30 Jacklin: Kentucky Bluegrass 32 Jacklin: Tall Fescue 34 Jacklin: Premium Perennial Ryegrass 34 Jacklin: Fine Fescue 35 Jacklin: Elite Seeded Bermudagrass 36 Additional Products 37 Turf Grass Identification 38 Species and Characteristics

Advancing the industry through research and innovation.

So Many Needs. So Many Seeds. Barenbrug Research Our world’s needs are constantly expanding

Partnerships

and changing.

We work with governments and

To meet these needs, our research team combines old-

universities to augment our efforts in

line breeding methods with the latest technologies to

research, incorporating decades of

develop the varieties of tomorrow. Our highly trained,

knowledge and experience into our

professional plant breeders work as an intercontinental

development programs.

team - sharing new germplasm, new methodology, and new biotechnology. We conduct research across the globe because our customers are located all over the world. Two facilities in the United States, international research stations, and cooperative agreements with governments, private institutes, and universities allow us to access the global germplasm pool to innovate new varieties adapted to every climatic condition and growing requirement.

Barenbrug USA Research

Yellow Jacket® Enhanced Seed Coating Better Turf with Less Input A recognized leader in innovative grass seed coating, Barenbrug’s Yellow Jacket® Enhanced Seed Coating has been providing the professional turfgrass seed industry with quality coated seeds since 2007. Since this time, millions of pounds of Yellow Jacket enhanced seeds have been sold across the United States.

Yellow Jacket Benefits • Improved turf quality • Enhanced uniform seeding • Less water needed for establishment • Faster and improved establishment • Seed moves readily through the turf canopy for improved soil contact • Easy to visually monitor during application • Seedling and root development protection from disease • Proven performance even in the most demanding applications

Enhanced Turf Quality

Germination in Non-Ideal Conditions

All coated entries exhibited improved turf ratings

Conducted at one of several Phytotron

and disease performance a full year after seeding.

facilities in the world, this study displayed

After the study, it was clear Yellow Jacket coated

Yellow Jacket coated seed’s ability to

seed improves turfgrass quality, density, and

outperform uncoated seed with percent

disease ratings.

germination virtually doubling at

coated

reduced moisture levels measured

uncoated

92 days after seeding.

percent germination

6 5 4 3 2 1 0

TF/KBG Mix

Kentucky Bluegrass

Turf Saver RTF

North Carolina State University

Perennial Ryegrass

Creeping Bentgrass

35 30 25 20 15 10 5 0

70% - Soil Moisture - 80% North Carolina State University

Yellow Jacket Enhanced Seed Coating

In Barenbrug’s product development process, we highly value the economically and ecologically sound use and management of grass. Barenbrug’s Green Earth quality

Green Earth

label helps green space managers to achieve a more sustainable use and management of grass. Through extensive research and many years of expertise, Barenbrug knows better than anyone else which cultivars and mixtures can make an even bigger contribution to the sustainable use and management of grass. All cultivars and mixtures that bear the Green Earth quality mark have been independently tested by research institutes worldwide. Through Green Earth, Barenbrug hopes to make a contribution to a green planet on which future generations will be able to continue playing sports and enjoying recreational activities.

Rooted in Research The Four Pillars of Green Earth Barenbrug has formulated four concrete requirements which grass mixtures need to fulfill in order to be eligible for this sustainability quality mark. A Green Earth label means that the grass scores better than the previous generation in terms of at least one of the following aspects: • Reduced Water Use

• Reduced Inputs

• Reduced Mowing

• Increased Salt Tolerance

Reduced Water Use Over the last decade we have been confronted

use and a contribution to the sustainability of grass

with increasingly extreme weather conditions.

for recreational purposes. Heat and drought lead

More than before, spring and summer periods

to grass requiring large amounts of water during

seem to be characterized by long spells of

periods when the shortage of water is actually on

drought or, in contrast, extreme rainfall.

the rise. As the Green Earth products consist of the

Nevertheless, water is essential for the

right mixture of grass from a perfectly balanced

germination, establishment, and growth of grass.

combination of cultivars, less water is required and

Due to limited requirements for water, the Green

more water is saved during the summer.

Earth quality mark mean increased savings on water 6

Green Earth

Reduced Inputs Grass needs nutrition in order to perform well. Nitrogen is one of the most important engines for the growth of plants. However, mineral fertilizers are made from non-renewable sources using an energy-intensive process. Too much fertilizer also poses a threat to the ecosystem in surrounding ditches. The selection of the right grass mixture for the purpose can make a difference here too. Some grass mixtures perform just as well with less nutrition. This means that fewer fertilizers are required without any sacrifices needing to be made in terms of quality. In general, the nutrition requirement of a grass plant depends on: • Its purpose: the demands of sports fields are different to those of golf courses or parks • The species of grass being used for the application • The genetic variation: cultivars have varying nutritional requirements The products with Green Earth quality mark for Reduced Inputs have shown better results than the previous generation for nutrient requirements.

Reduced Mowing Sustainable grass management also means less mowing. During the growth season, grass can produce a considerable mass of material as a result of high temperatures and plenty of light. This means that the grass will then also need to be mowed more frequently, involving more work, equipment costs, and fuel (fossil energy) and at the same time resulting in increased CO2 emissions. Barenbrug has invested heavily in research into the biomass production of grass. Research has shown that not only are there differences between species, but at the cultivar level, there are significant differences in growth height and grass production.

Increased Salt Tolerance Extreme weather conditions have continued to persist across the North American continent as well as increased regulations regarding the use of water for irrigation. As a result, turf managers are forced to irrigate their courses and sports fields increasingly with effluent water. Again, the selection of the right species for the application makes a significant difference here. Certain species will perform better than others, yet those that bear the Green Earth quality mark for increased salt tolerance have shown better tolerance than the previous generation.

Green Earth

“Barenbrug’s HGT continues to impress with now over 80 games played on these fields!” Prospect Fields Hamilton, OH

Healthy Grass Technology® Kentucky Bluegrass Engineered for Turf Health TM

Developed from extremely traffic-tolerant parent stock and within harsh climatic conditions, Barvette HGT came out of Barenbrug’s research ®

Engineered for Turf Health: Ranks #1 in various

healthy grass

NTEP Trials compared

T E C H N O LO G Y

program solving each of the major species-wide problems, and possesses many additional qualities making it one of the most

unique Kentucky bluegrasses ever bred.

against elite Kentucky Bluegrasses entries. Barvette HGT is truly in a class of its own.

Traffic Tolerance and Rapid Recovery Barenbrug’s Turf Blue HGT® blend with Barvette HGT offers outstanding traffic tolerance and wear recovery. In research studies at Michigan State University, Barvette HGT was trialed with 109 commercial varieties, and came out on top for wear recovery, percent ground cover, and turf quality. Likewise, in the NTEP traffic stress tests, Barvette HGT topped all other entries at Michigan State University and Rutgers University trials.

Patented Technology With our HGT, you can be sure you are receiving something truly unique.

Rutgers University, 2014-2016

Healthy Grass Technology: Technology

Above: HGT Sod, Illinois

Exceptionally Strong Spring Green-Up Spring green-up is an important trait sought after when developing new Kentucky bluegrasses. While most bluegrasses are very slow to break winter dormancy, Barvette HGT exhibits early spring green-up. In the 2005-10 NTEP trials, Barvette HGT finished in the top statistical group. This allows the Turf Blue HGT blend to come back early and strong for spring play. Variety

Transition Zone TQ

Spring Green-up

Barvette HGT

6.6

6.3

SRx466

6.6

5.7

Barserati

6.5

5.7

Blue Note

6.4

5.3

Midnight

6.1

3.7

Shamrock

5.5

5.7

LSD=0.6 5 Locations

LSD=0.5 13 Locations

Rating: 1-9

Resistance to Summer Patch and Rust

HGT Advantage:

Summer patch and stem rust are serious turf diseases that cause significant damage to most Kentucky bluegrass varieties. Tested

• Fast germination

intensively at many locations across the country and in university

• Excellent sod formation

trials, Barvette HGT has shown excellent resistance to summer

• Fast establishment

patch and stem rust. Following the 2005-10 NTEP trials, Barvette

• Superior summer patch

HGT ranked #1 in summer patch tolerance, and topped the first statistical grouping for stem rust resistance.

resistance • Early spring green-up • Excellent summer

Percent Cover (0-100%)

performance

Turf Quality (1-9)

Healthy Grass Technology: Technology

Kentucky Bluegrass HGT®

Aggressive Growth

HGT® features the very best of Barenbrug’s Kentucky bluegrass varieties. Starring Barvette HGT®, Turf Blue HGT has outstanding bluegrass performance in the most difficult

Disease Resistant

of climates, including the Transition Zone and the Northeast. Barvette HGT is quick to germinate and fast to establish

Extremely Traffic Tolerant Key Features • Features 5, high-quality, strong performing bluegrass varieties • Unmatched summer patch performance STMA Field of the Year

meaning HGT will provide year-round performance in the spring and late into the season. HGT® is available in each of the following alternative forms: • HGT® with Yellow Jacket ® • HGT® Sod • HGT® with RPR® • HGT® with RPR® with Yellow Jacket ®

With three consecutive ‘Field of the Year’ awards, HGT has proven to be in a class of its own. To top it off, Barvette HGT®, a component of HGT, has consistently ranked #1 in recent NTEP trials, so you know, when

“Even with the real feel in the 100’s, the HGT is still money!” Parker Bechen Cedar Rapids, IA

you plant HGT, you’re planting an award-winning grass. Top: HGT Sod, Illinois Above: HGT, Cedar Rapids, IA. @ParkerBechen 10

Kentucky Bluegrass: Barenbrug

HGT® Sod HGT® bluegrass blends are ideal for Kentucky bluegrass sod production. Vigorous to germinate and establish, HGT quickly forms strong rhizomatous growth with an extensive root system. This growth allows for excellent ‘sod strength,’ reduced field waste, great pallet appearance, and quality ‘big roll’ installations. HGT Sod is available exclusively through Turf Producers Association. To learn more visit: www.hgtsod.com

Turf Blue® Pro

Drought Tolerant

In the NTEP trials, Barserati™ ranked high in turf quality, color, traffic tolerance, and disease resistance. Additionally, having been independently tested in New Mexico and Kentucky,

Disease Resistant

Barserati exhibits exceptional drought tolerance. With early spring green up and strong summer performance, Turf Blue®

Darker Color Key Features • Features 4, high-quality bluegrass varieties including Midnight type • Powered by the high NTEP ranking Barserati™

Pro can be counted on to provide year-round bluegrass quality. Turf Blue Pro is available in each of the following alternative forms: • Turf Blue® Pro with Yellow Jacket ® • Turf Blue® Pro with RPR® • Turf Blue® Pro Sod

Drought Tolerance Barserati™ drives Turf Blue Pro in performance and has proven its exceptional drought tolerance time and time again. Having been independently tested in New Mexico and Kentucky, Barserati not only possesses drought tolerance, but heat and humidity tolerance as well. Scan here to learn more about these products.

Above: Turf Blue Pro, Glendale, CO Kentucky Bluegrass: Barenbrug

Rhizomatous Tall Fescue® It’s Fescue, but Better Our RTF® program has an extensive history of breeding and development so you can be sure when you choose RTF, you’re choosing tried and true varieties. The significance of rhizomes in turf is their ability to repair damaged areas, maintain a more uniform turf density, increase sod tensile strength, add drought tolerance, and reduce the need for frequent overseeding. These deep rhizomes spread laterally as much as 9”, but are not as invasive as those of Kentucky bluegrass or creeping red fescue. What are Rhizomes? A rhizome is a horizontal plant stem, most often found underground. They are valued, because they send out new tillers, which emerge several inches away from the mother plant. Barenbrug’s patented RTF® has the highest amount of rhizome activity when compared against similar varieties that claim to exhibit rhizomes.

Benefits of Turf Saver® RTF® Uses Less Water • Rapid development of a deep root system • Excellent drought and heat tolerance with less irrigation • Adaptable to a wide range of soil conditions

Unique RTF’s patented technology fills gaps and bare spots fast while holding up to heavy traffic.

Self-Repairing Technology • High level of traffic tolerance

Proven

• Dense turf without open areas prevent weed growth

RTF’s root system and

• The only Tall fescue with true rhizomes that quickly fill in

rhizomes make a more

damaged or open spots with new grass Reduced Inputs • Environmentally friendly, reduces chemical and fertilizer inputs • Stands up to intense summer heat • Endophyte enhanced for improved insect and disease resistance, as well as drought tolerance

Rhizomatous Tall Fescue: Technology

stable root-zone on sand-based applications, meaning less damage.

“The Climate in Omaha is quite severe. RTF outperforms every time.” Eric McPherson CGCS Omaha Country Club

Rhizomes Shooting from RTF plants Rhizomatous Index This shows the difference researchers have found between Turf Saver RTF and others. Designed to factor in the percentage of plants that make rhizomes, the cultivar rhizomatous index is derived by multiplying the number of rhizomes by the percentage of plants with rhizomes and the rhizome length. When you put it all together, Turf Saver RTF is in a class of its own. Barmesh RTF Crossfire3 Defiance XRE Falcon IV 0

Top and right, RTF at Omaha Country Club, Omaha, NE Rhizomatous Tall Fescue: Technology

“No water, no problem. RTF Tall Fescue sod with municipal irrigation ban in effect. That’s confidence. No net, no problem.” Bill S. Suffield, CT

Tall Fescue Turf Saver® RTF®

Self-Repairing

Turf Saver® RTF® is the most advanced and unique tall fescue mixture available, providing the benefits of rhizomes not found in any other varieties. While other spreading varieties describe “potential”

Darker Color

rhizome development or “aggressive tillering,” the deep-rooted and heat-tolerant Turf Saver RTF has been proven to mend damaged turf

Drought Tolerant

and maintain both uniformity and density.

RTF® Sod RTF® Sod provides the fastest route to the RTF experience, from sod

Self-Repairing Darker Color

harvest to installation of a mature stand in a matter of hours. The deep-rooted and heat-tolerant RTF Sod has been proven to maintain both uniformity and density while repairing itself after damaging events. RTF Sod is grown through a network of sod growers, and has its own association, with research and development

Drought Tolerant

ensuring continual improvement of the product to supply RTF for generations to come. If sod isn’t an option for larger repairs, it is

RTF® is available for sod

recommended to use Turf Saver RTF to match texture and uniformity

production exclusively through

in color.

the Turf Producers Association: www.rtfsod.com 14

Tall Fescue: Barenbrug

Water Saver®

Drought Tolerant Rapid Germination

This 3-way turf-type tall fescue blend performs exceptionally in the U.S. Transition Zone and most areas from Colorado to California all while providing an economical option. In deep soils, Water Saver Pro can establish roots up to 8 feet deep, providing improved

Dark Green Color Economical Solution

drought tolerance and good summer persistence. Water Saver Pro contains varieties with improved leaf texture and excellent disease resistance.

Advantages:

Applications:

• Drought tolerant

• Commercial landscape

• Summer persistent

• Parks & recreation

• Roots up to 8 feet deep

• Golf club grounds, rough, and driving range

Drought Destroyer™: Tall Fescue & Kentucky Bluegrass Mixture

Drought Tolerant

Drought Destroyer® is a product designed to withstand even the most excruciating droughts. This mixture contains varieties that have been trialed extensively for drought with the sole purpose of long-term survival

Retains Color

and improved color retention. Drought Destroyer has been tested for drought tolerance across the country for acute and chronic drought

Widely Adapted

conditions at independent research locations as well as universities.

Pollinators Paradise™: Tall Fescue & Turf Clover Mixture

Drought Tolerant

Pollinators Paradise® is a high performing mixture that is safe for the environment and its pollinating creatures. This product will flower in the summer, providing pollinators a food source. Other environmental

Benefits Pollinators

benefits will include soil remediation and stabilization. Capturing atmospheric nitrogen and releasing it into the soil and surrounding

Nitrogen Fixation

turfgrass will result in a healthier plant community compared to products without clover.

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Top: RTF home lawn, San Diego, CA Tall Fescue: Barenbrug

Regenerating Perennial Ryegrass® Determinate Stolons In 2009, Barenbrug’s innovative research and development team introduced a unique Perennial Ryegrass subspecies to the turf industry: RPR®. Receiving its utility patent in 2015, RPR can tolerate extremely heavy traffic and displays outstanding recuperative abilities. It provides excellent turf quality and appearance in the harshest of conditions, gets off on the right foot with early establishment, and continues to thrive through summers. RPR is the ideal selection for all applications receiving heavy, destructive traffic. Intense Traffic Tolerance

Turf Quality

Research plots were rigorously

After a long summer of heat

subjected to damage by a traffic

stress, RPR rated significantly

simulator revealing RPR’s ability

higher in turf quality over an

to maintain quality and integrity

average of three perennial

despite three days of traffic.

ryegrasses.

RPR Non-RPR Ohio State University

Determinate Stolons from RPR plants

RPR Non-RPR Iowa State University

What is a Determinate Stolon? RPR’s unique ability to regenerate separates it from both traditional and lateral spreading perennial ryegrasses. A product of advanced determinate stolon breeding techniques, RPR develops determinate stolons which allow for regeneration in all directions. Determinate stolons arise from an auxiliary bud near the base of the mother plant and then grow horizontally 6-8” at, or just below, the soil surface creating identical new plants as they grow. When RPR turf is damaged from persistent or extreme traffic events, its determinate stolons will grow horizontally into the worn areas, develop roots and repair the damaged area. The photos to the right show RPR plants, determinate stolons, and developing roots. Top: Barenbrug Perennial Ryegrass, Pebble Beach, CA Far Right: Barenbrug Perennial Ryegrass, Spanish Bay, CA 16

Regenerating Perennial Ryegrass: Technology

Proven Results Growth Over a Year*

Traffic Tolerance After traffic was applied in trialing, regeneration of the plants was evaluated by measuring the surface area of plants. RPR plants regenerated and filled in space, while non-RPR plants did not.

Year One

38.5” 48” Year Two

56” 87.5” RPR Competitor perennial ryegrass blend *Area in Inches

Regenerating Perennial Ryegrass: Technology

“Repeated seedings over the entire playing surface with RPR plus Yellow Jacket coating produced a steady improvement in overall turf quality. RPR has literally been a life saver!” Don Moody, Grounds Supervisor SUNY Cortland, Cortland, NY

Premium Perennial Ryegrass Turf Star® RPR® A mixture of RPR® varieties and elite Perennial Ryegrass, Turf Star®

Rapid Germination

RPR® is the solution for all golf, sports, and recreational facilities where elite Perennial Ryegrass quality is required. Turf Star RPR’s extreme

Insect Tolerance

wear tolerance and ability to recover thin and damaged turf is unique to the industry. Extremely fast germinating and quick to establish,

Quick Wear Recovery

Turf Star RPR can also be overseeded into traditional cool-season turf lawns, such as Kentucky bluegrass, fine fescue, and traditional perennial ryegrass.

Deep Green Color XPC™

Light Green Color

XPC™ is a unique blend of Perennial Ryegrasses designed to not accentuate your Poa problem, but help conceal it. Utilizing varieties that have a more natural color, XPC is made up of carefully selected perennial

Very Fine Texture

ryegrasses that exhibit increased density and tolerance to lower mowing and stress from wear. These characteristics enable the novel XPC blend to

better compete with Poa and mask its presence. Reduce Appearance of Poa

Top: Turf Star RPR at Walker Stadium, Portland, OR Above: Turf Star RPR, Washington State @TeelowM3 Far Right: Turf Star RPR at Spyglass Hill Golf Course, CA 18

Premium Perennial Ryegrass

Perennial Ryegrass Duo Pro™ As a Perennial/Annual mixture, Duo Pro™ can be utilized in cool-

Competes with Poa annua

season and warm-season areas as an overseed. With fast germination at lower-temperatures, Duo Pro repairs cool-season fields during

Mid 40˚ F Germination the worst of growing conditions, when the threat of thinning turf and annual bluegrass invasion is always present. Warm-season areas overseeded with Duo Pro achieve the look of perennial ryegrass with

Fast Establishing

the lower cost of the turf-annual. During transition, this blend will still require chemical removal due to the perennial components.

Extended Persistence Top Flight™

Fast Establishment

Top Flight™ is a 3-way blend of Perennial Ryegrass varieties designed to be more affordable. With rapid establishment, Top Flight will create lush landscapes for golf courses, parks, sports fields and home lawns.

Fine Leaf Texture

Top Flight germinates fast while quickly establishing a dense turf. When used for warm overseeding, Top Flight is less competitive against

Economical Solution

Bermudagrass making it easier to remove than elite perennial ryegrasses.

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Fine Fescue With a very fine leaf texture, low growth characteristics,

Sub-species Available:

and exceptional density, Fine Fescues are a common component of shade mixtures, erosion control blends, and low-maintenance turf in golf and landscapes.

• Sheep Fescue • Slender Creeping Red

In cooler, temperate climates, established fine fescue

Fescue

lawns can also have good drought tolerance, low fertility requirements, and will tolerate deep shade to full sun.

• Chewings Fescue

Barenbrug offers various fine fescue species for use in mixes

• Strong Creeping Red

for landscape, golf, erosion control, unmowed naturalized

Fescue

areas, and low maintenance turf areas; each providing unique benefits to maximize turfgrass sustainability.

• Hard Fescue

The Five Species of Turf Fine Fescue and Their Characteristics

Species Spreading Height Leaf Texture Leaf Color

Usefulness in Low Maintenance

Chewings

Strong Creeping

Slender

Fescue

Red

Creeping

F. rubra ssp. commutata

F. rubra ssp. rubra

Very Little

Hard Fescue

Sheep Fescue

F. rubra ssp. litoralis

F. brevipila

F. ovina

Strong

Little

Very Little

Moderately Low

Moderately Tall

Medium

Low

Fine

Broad

Medium

Fine

Fine and Wiry

Light-Medium Green

Medium Green

Light-Medium Green

Dark Grayish Green

Powdery BlueGreen

Limited to cool, moist climates. Useful under adverse fertility, pH

Drought and heat tolerant. Adapted in transition zone areas.

Source: Brede, D. (2000). Turfgrass Maintenance Reduction Handbook: Sports, Lawns, and golf. Ann Arbor Press. 20

Fine Fescue: Products

Dunes Mix™

Shade Tolerant Early Spring Green-up Medium-to-Dark Green Color

Our Dunes Mix™ is a superior quality mixture of our genetically advanced fine fescues of Chewings fescue and slender creeping red fescue. Recently rejuvenated with improved genetics, these two types of fescues come together to create the “dunes” look found on many of the world’s finest golf courses. Dunes Mix provides improved density, a finer texture, and better stress tolerance.

Shade Savant™: Fine Fescue & Perennial Ryegrass Mixture

Drought Tolerant

Shade Savant® is a fine textured mixture that provides ornamental value even in areas plagued with shade. This product was initially tested for drought tolerance and was found to be

Fast Establishment more drought tolerant than any of its individual ingredients, exhibiting additive effects! Shade Savant will adapt to the level

Fine Leaf Texture

of sunlight exposure, whether planted in full sun or deep shade.

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Top Left: Dunes Mix, Bandon, OR Above: Barenbrug Fine Fescue, WI Fine Fescue: Products

Seeded Bermudagrass Quick to establish and best-suited for full sun locations, Bermudagrass is heat-tolerant and capable of developing a deep, extensive root system. When fully established, bermudagrass requires significantly less water than traditional cool-season species to provide a quality turf surface. Both stoloniferous and rhizomatous, bermudagrass exhibits high density, strong traffic tolerance, and excellent traffic recovery when mowed at 1” or lower. Full House™ Elite Bermudagrass Blend - NEW

Early Spring Green-up

Hollywood and Monaco create a winning combination in Full House bermudagrass. With Full House we combined two elite seeded varieties –

Traffic Tolerant

Hollywood and Monaco – to create a blend that benefits from the strengths of each variety. These varieties are similar in color,

Dark Color

texture, and quality, but each was developed from diverse parental lines. This diversity provides a winning combination of characteristics in overall turf quality, density, genetic color, fall color, winter color, spring green-up, leaf texture, establishment, and disease.

PanAm® Blend

Early Spring Green-up

PanAm provides a high-quality turf suitable for golf fairways, tees, intermediate-roughs, and driving ranges. Also ideal for lawns, green belts, and parks and rec turf

Traffic Tolerant

situations, PanAm is an economical blend of seeded turf-type bermudagrasses such as Bargusto™, Transcontinental™, and Chilly

Medium-Dark Color

Verde™. PanAm contains strong genetic diversity and can be applied across various warm-humid regions within the United States.

Comparison of Available Bermudagrasses Shown below, Cantina Elite Bermudagrass is a great option for those seeking a Hybrid Bermudagrass-like quality without the cost! Hybrid

Cantina

PanAm

Arizona Common

$$$$$

$$$

Turf Quality High Maintenance

Turf Quality Low Maintenance

Percent Winterkill

Spring Dead Spot

Genetic Color

Leaf Texture

Cost

Turfgrass quality and other ratings 1-5; 5 equaling the best 22

Seeded Bermudagrass

Elite Seeded Bermudagrass Monaco® Elite Bermudagrass

Drought Tolerant

Monaco is a highly ranked variety tested in the 2013 NTEP trials and possesses a rare combination of traits in exceptional wear tolerance, high winter hardiness, and early spring green-up.

Early Green-Up

Monaco is excellent for use on golf courses, sports turf, and higherquality lawns, producing a quality grass surface that appears early,

Dark Green Color

withstands a multitude of stresses, and stays late into the year.

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Super Overseeding® Overseeding Made Easy

4 colors (CMYK)

SOS® Turf-Annual Ryegrasses from Barenbrug offer unique solutions for challenges posed by fall overseeding. Traditionally, overseeding has been done using either perennial ryegrass or common annual ryegrass. Both options have benefits as well as significant challenges to the end-user. Perennial ryegrass provides strong turf quality late into the season, but turf density and persistence during the spring transition compete with spring growth and the recovery of bermudagrass. From there, the most common practice is to use often expensive herbicide applications to speed transition. Alternative courses of action involve increasing cultural practices to diminish the perennial’s persistence as temperatures rise and growing conditions become unfavorable for the plant. Annual ryegrass provides economic, fast to establish, and quick, natural transitioning turf stands but historically provided extremely poor turf quality. Early on, these grasses were very light green in color, had a coarser leaf texture, overproduced clipping yields, and showed little traffic tolerance. These were some of the major problems with initial turf annual varieties that hindered its acceptance into many markets within the turf industry.

Super Over Seeding

4 colors (PMS uncoated)

4 colors (PMS coated)

SOS solves each of these problems by providing an economical solution with improved turf quality. Turf managers that select SOS will be able to remove SOS easier than overseeded Perennial ryegrass during the natural spring transition period. SOS™

Chemical-Free Spring Transition

SOS™ can provide enhanced turf-annual quality in warm season overseed applications including golf courses, sports fields, low use areas, and home lawns.

Mid 40˚ F Germination

End users will enjoy reductions in mowing and required fertility compared to Gulf. For colder winter climates, SOS will also germinate

Darker Color

with soil temperatures in the mid-40’s (Fahrenheit), enabling areas to be repaired after heavy play and allowing continued use.

Improved Turf Quality

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Top: SOS at Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA Left: SOS at Chimera Golf Club, Henderson, NV Super Over Seeding

Jacklin

Jacklin Eight Decades and Counting With more than 80 years of experience and breeding, Barenbrug is proud to continue the legacy of the Jacklin brand. Jacklin’s focus on quality brings a unique combination of tradition and innovation to the industry and its varieties can be found anywhere grass is grown. Jacklin

Bentgrass Yellow Jacket coated bentgrass represents the combination of the elite and classic bentgrass varieties from both Barenbrug and Jacklin, combined with our renowned Yellow Jacket Coating. Percent Cover 92 Days After Seeding This independent study compared Yellow Jacket coated seed with uncoated seed under conditions of high and low moisture (96% and 56% of ET). It was clear that the bentgrass coated with Yellow Jacket performed significantly better than the uncoated seed.

coated uncoated

% Cover

45 35 25 15 5

High Moisture Low Moisture Ohio State University

Yellow Jacket Coated Bentgrass Advantages • Provides a super absorbent, systemic fungicide and fertilizer in one package • Seedling protection against Pythium sp. for up to three weeks • Ideal for greens, tees, and fairways

L-93 XD, Hyde Park Country Club, Cincinnati OH Superior Seed, Superior Turf Independent studies conducted at the University of New Mexico and Ohio State University both concluded that bentgrass coated with Yellow Jacket consistently out-performed uncoated bentgrass in all turf establishment categories such as: germination, seedling disease protection, and plant establishment when compared to uncoated varieties – all while reducing water consumption and establishment costs. 28

Bentgrass

• Improved germination with stronger establishment and uniformity • More easily controlled for uniform seed application Heavier seed moves more readily through turf canopy and is less affected from static-electricity

“A member of my crew, whom I refer to as the “Divot Master,” won’t let me use anything but Yellow Jacket coated bentgrass. He says it makes both of us look good, because it germinates more quickly than raw seed and requires significantly less water to establish.” Mark Richard, Golf Course Superintendent Lincoln, Rhode Island

Available Bentgrasses

Creeping Bentgrass Germination Percentage

Alpha™

This graph demonstrates how Bentgrass

Armor : NEW

coated with Yellow Jacket germinates at

Kingdom : NEW

an elevated level compared to uncoated

™

seed after seven days. This is critical for

L-93™

out competing weeds and creating the

L-93 XD™: NEW

ideal turf surface.

Nightlife : NEW ™

V8™ T1™ Bengal™ Ask us about Tee-2-Green Availability

100 90

% Germination

Universal™

80 70 60 50

Coated Uncoated Ohio State University

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Top, T1, Omaha CC, Omaha, NE Bentgrass

Kentucky Bluegrass Blue Genes™

Disease Tolerant

Blue Genes is a 3-way Kentucky bluegrass blend selected from elite Jacklin varieties. Developed for excellent turf quality over a broad range of environmental conditions, the varieties in Blue

Close Mow Tolerant

Genes perfectly complement each other. The cultivars were intentionally selected to provide a balance of disease resistance,

Dark Genetic Color

Kentucky Bluegrass: Jacklin

and excellent turf quality under a variety of maintenance levels.

Heisman™: 85% KBG & 15% PRG Heisman Turf Mixture is the MVP for quickly

Disease Tolerant

establishing a new sports field. Designed for the turf manager who is looking for the best of both worlds,

Traffic Tolerant

Heisman provides fast germination and excellent soil stabilization, all while establishing a dominant Kentucky bluegrass stand. This formulation includes three top-

Dark Genetic Color

performing Kentucky bluegrasses with perennial ryegrass making for a high-performance turf.

Close Mow Tolerant Overseeder II™: 70% KBG & 30% PRG

Overseeder II is designed for the renovation of turf areas

Quick Recovery

subjected to damage from diseases such as necrotic ringspot, summer patch, Poa annua infestation, or heavy

Disease Tolerant

traffic. This mixture was created to produce an elite turf with broad environmental tolerance and is well adapted for golf courses, athletic fields, home lawns, and sports turf.

Heat & Cold Tolerant

Overseeder II will provide excellent spring, summer, and fall vigor, and superior turf quality.

Athletic Pro II™: 50% KBG & 50% PRG Athletic Pro II is tailored to athletic fields, playgrounds, golf

Cold Tolerant

course roughs, or other high traffic areas that receive lessthan-optimal maintenance, where superior quality and long-

Quick Recovery

term durability are desired. The bluegrasses in Athletic Pro II are combined for wear tolerance, vigorous recuperative ability, and broad based disease resistance; the perennial

Disease Tolerant

ryegrasses provide rapid establishment, excellent wear resistance, plus a unique combination of superior winter hardiness and transition zone adaptation.

Left: Jacklin Kentucky Bluegrass & Perennial Ryegrass, Chicago, IL Above: Jacklin Kentucky Bluegrass & Perennial Ryegrass, Waukegan, IL Scan here to learn more about the varieties used in these products. Kentucky Bluegrass: Jacklin

Tall Fescue NoNet™

Superior Tensile Strength

NoNet was developed over a 10 year period to ensure that its laterally spreading trait reached the end-user along with the improved turf characteristics that you have come to expect

Fast Establishment Traffic Tolerant

from the Jacklin brand. In trials, NoNet’s increased tillering and spreading ability enabled quick, dense establishment. The goal of NoNet is to eliminate the costly nylon netting typically used in the production of turf-type tall fescue sod.

Dark Color Fine Leaf Texture

NoNet’s tillers producing new plants in a 6” section that was removed from a newly seeded area.

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Tall Fescue: Jacklin

Triple A™ A blend of three new-generation tall fescues,

Drought & Heat Triple A is designed to perform under a broad range Tolerant of climate and management conditions. Athletic field

Traffic Tolerant

managers and homeowners will appreciate Triple A’s rapid germination and fast establishment, reduced need

Sun or Shade

for irrigation and mowing, and its improved wear tolerance.

A-Plus™: 90% TF & 10% KBG A-Plus provides all of the outstanding characteristics

Drought & Heat of Triple A plus the sod-forming characteristics and Tolerant

recuperative potential of Kentucky bluegrass. A-Plus

Traffic Tolerant

is able to maintain a denser and finer textured turf by quickly filling in voids caused by divots or

Deep Rooting

excessive wear.

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Premium Perennial Ryegrass Med Gold™ Med Gold perennial ryegrass blend combines our best perennial

Traffic Tolerant

ryegrasses formulated for both permanent northern turf and southern dormant bermudagrass overseeding. The varieties selected for this blend

Fast Establishment show improved seedling vigor and exhibit overall tolerance to common diseases and pests in turf. On permanent turf, Med Gold is used for

Disease Tolerant

rejuvenating thin, heavily trafficked or diseased turf or where rapid turf replacement is necessary. When overseeded into dormant bermudagrass in the South, Med Gold produces both an excellent playing surface for

Darker Color

sports and a great-looking lawn for home and commercial landscapes.

Time-lapse photography demonstrates Med Gold’s improved seedling vigor.

May 28th

June 18th

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Fine Fescue Scottish Links™

Shade Tolerant Tolerant of Low Fertility Soils Wide Adaptation to Maintenance

Scottish Links is a four-way mixture, consisting of Chewings fescue, strong creeping red fescue, hard fescue, and sheep fescue, and is well adapted to the harsh conditions of golf course roughs and bunker faces. Left unmown, this formula provides maintenance savings, erosion control, and adaptation under varying soil conditions while offering a long-grassed links appearance. This mixture is tolerant of shade, low fertility, and reduced irrigation in parks, home lawns, golf course roughs, roadsides, and utility turf.

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Premium Perennial Ryegrass & Fine Fescue: Jacklin

Elite Seeded Bermudagrass Hollywood® Elite Bermudagrass

Fast Establishment

Hollywood provides excellent quality and a distinct cost advantage over planting vegetative varieties. Hollywood was one of the top-rated seeded varieties in the 2007-2012 NTEP

Dark Green Color

trials, rivaling the quality of Riviera and Princess 77. Hollywood is a synthetic variety produced from clonal lines that

Wear Tolerant

originated from collections made in Washington state and Georgia. Seven of these clones survived multiple winters in Northern Idaho, resulting in excellent cold tolerance.

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Above: Hollywood, Rams Hill GC, Borrego Springs, CA Left: Scottish Links, Awarii Dunes, Axtell, NE Elite Seeded Bermudagrass: Jacklin

Additional Products Contractor’s Mix

Rapid Establishment

Barenbrug’s Contractor’s Mix provides quick cover when needed, at any time of the year, at an affordable price. This turfgrass mixture will germinate quickly to prevent soil degradation and provide erosion

Low Inputs

control in all conditions. This mixture will rapidly anchor into the soil substrate, later transitioning to a permanent crop and decreasing the

Medium Texture

likelihood of weed encroachment. Havana: Poa trivialis

Dark Green Color

Havana is an improved Poa trivialis developed for fall and winter overseeding of bermudagrass in the warm regions of the desert southwest, south, and southeast. Havana exhibits a quick, smooth

Fine Leaf Texture

spring transition allowing the rapid recovery of bermudagrass. It will not persist into the next overseeding year. With approximately

Excellent Spring Transition

2.3 million seeds per pound, it can be used at low seeding rates as a monostand or blended with other Poa trivialis varieties. With rapid germination and fast establishment, Havana also performs well in overseeding mixtures with perennial ryegrass, fine fescue, and creeping bentgrass. Barbian™: Turf Clover™

Drought Tolerant

Turf Clover™ (Trifolium repens) is a perennial white clover growing to approximately 4 - 6 inches tall, making it ideal for a lawn alternative or as an addition to an existing lawn. It is a very fine-leaved white clover,

Miniature Size

primarily spreading by stolons that travel outwards on the soil surface which root as they come into contact with the soil surface. Adding

Nitrogen Fixing

just 2 - 5% of Turf Clover to a grass seed mixture will result in enough seeds to fill a lawn. These seeds are packaged pre-inoculated with Rhizobia that are required to trigger processes that enable the plant to “fix nitrogen.” This is a unique ability to clover, which is pulling nitrogen from the air and fixing or converting it to a plant-usable form. This makes Turf Clover a great companion for turfgrass varieties. The dense stand comprised of clover and the turfgrass will suppress existing weeds as well as prevent the establishment of new weeds, aided by self fertilization.

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Turf Grass Identification

Perennial Ryegrass

Kentucky Bluegrass Poa pratensis L.

Schedonorus arundinaceus Schreb.

Chewings Fescue

Strong Creeping Red Fescue

Slender Creeping Red Fescue

Festuca rubra L. ssp. rubra

Festuca rubra ssp. litoralis

Hard Fescue

Creeping Bentgrass

Colonial Bentgrass

Lolium perenne L.

Festuca rubra ssp. communtata

Festuca trachyphylla

Tufted Hairgrass

Deschampsia caespitosa L. P. Beauv.

Agrostis stolonifera L.

Crested Hairgrass

Koeleria macrantha (Ledeb.) Schult.

Tall Fescue

Agrostis capillaris L.

Annual Bluegrass Poa annua L.

Source: Beard, J. B. (2013). Origins of North American Turfgrasses. ASA-CSSA-SSSA Turfgrass Monograph, P. 1-35.

Turf Grass Identification

Kentucky

Common

Annual

Bluegrass

Bermudagrass

Ryegrass

Festuca

Poa

Cynodon

Lolium

perenne

arundinacea

pratensis

dactylon

multiflorum

soloniferum

Growth Habit

Bunch

Determinate Stolons

Bunch/ Rhizomes

Rhizomes

Stolons/ Rhizomes

Bunch

Establishment

Fast

Moderate/ Good

Slow/ Moderate

Slow/Moderate

Fast

Good/Very Good

Moderate/ Good

Good

Very Good

Poor/ Moderate

Recovery

Slow

Moderate

Slow/ Moderate

Moderate/ Fast

Fast

Slow

Thatch Production

Little

Some

Little

Some

Excessive

Little

Heat Tolerance

Moderate/ Good

Moderate/Good

Very Good

Good

The Best

Very Poor

Salt Tolerance

Poor

Good

Moderate

Very Good

Poor/ Moderate

Fertility Requirement

Moderate/ High

Moderate/High

Low/ Moderate

Moderate

Moderate/ High

Mowing Recommendation

0.5”-3”

0.5”-2.5”

1”-3.5”

0.5”-3”

0.5”-1”

2”-3”

Drought Tolerance

Poor/Good

Moderate

Very Good

Good

Very Good

Poor

Fine

Moderate/ Coarse

Fine/ Moderate

Fine/Moderate

Fine/ Moderate

Species & Characteristics

Perennial

Ryegrass

Ryegrass(RPR)

Lolium

perenne

Genus Specific Epithet Subspecies C-Fixation Type

Wear Tolerance

Leaf Texture

Seeding Rates

Tall Fescue

Seeds/Pound

lbs/1000ft2

lbs/acre

kg/ha

g/m2

Creeping Bentgrass

7,000,000

0.75-1.25

35-55

37-61

4-6

Colonial Bentgrass

5,000,000

1-2

45-90

49-98

5-10

Chewings Fescue

450,000

4-6

175-260

195-295

20-30

Creeping Red Fescue

450,000

4-6

175-260

195-295

20-30

Hard Fescue

500,000

4-6

175-260

195-295

20-30

Tall Fescue

250,000

8-10

350-435

390-490

40-50

1,300,000

2-3

65-110

75-120

10-15

Perennial Ryegrass/RPR

250,000

8-10

350-435

390-490

40-50

Annual Ryegrass

200,000

10-15

435-650

490-730

50-75

1,400,000

2-3

45-130

100-145

10-15

Kentucky Bluegrass

Common Bermudagrass

Species and Characteristics

Creeping

Colonial

Chewings

Creeping Red

Bentgrass

Fescue

Agrostis

Festuca

stolonifera

capillaris

rubra

brevipila

fallax

litoralis/rubra

Growth Habit

Stolons

Bunch

Rhizomes

Bunch

Establishment

Moderate

Poor

Poor/Moderate

Poor

Fast

Slow

Moderate

Slow

Thatch Production

Excessive

Moderate

Excessive

Moderate

Heat Tolerance

Very Good

Poor

Poor/Moderate

Salt Tolerance

Good

Moderate

Poor/Moderate

Poor/Good

Good

Fertility Requirement

Moderate

Low

Low/Moderate

Very Low

Mowing Recommendation

0.125”-1”

0.200”-1”

2”-3.5”

2.5”-3.5”

Or No-Mow

Or Now Mow

Drought Tolerance

Moderate

Moderate/Good

Good

Very Good

Leaf Texture

Very Fine/ Moderate

Fine

Very Fine

Species & Characteristics Genus Specific Epithet Subspecies C-Fixation Type

Wear Tolerance Recovery

Hard Fescue

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