Barenbrug’s most popular blend of red fescue cultivars ideally suited to free-draining, sandy soil
- 60% Slender Creeping Red Fescue
- 40% Chewings Red Fescue
- Ideal for free-draining, sandy soils
☑ Greens ☑ Tees ☑ Fairways ☑ Bowling Greens
USAGE
Construction and overseeding of free-draining fine-turf areas.
FEATURES & BENEFITS
The market-leading and top-performing Fescue blend for overseeding and construction of free-draining fine turf.
The 2024 mixture contains five cultivars, three of which are new to the market: Barnoustie, Barquess and Dancing.
Barnoustie and Barquess, with BSPB mean scores in excess of 8 promise new levels of quality for slender creeping red fescue, and Dancing enters the Chewings table ranked #3. Ably supported by #2-ranked Barlineus and the old favourite Barcrown (still ranked #5), this mix has an unparalleled total mean score of 7.88.
Barquess, with its pale green colour offers particularly fast early season growth for a slender and Barcrown's very high degree of Dollar Spot tolerance is also worth noting.
IN THE BAG
60% Slender Creeping Red Fescue
40% Chewings Red Fescue
SPECIFICATIONS
Sowing rate: 25-35g/m2
Oversowing rate: 15-25g/m2
Sowing depth: 8-12mm < thatch
Mowing height: down to 4mm
Pack size: 20kg
★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆ Speed of Establishment
★ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ Wear Tolerance
★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ Close-mowing tolerance
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Fineness of leaf
★ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ Speed of growth
★ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ Dark green colour
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Shoot density
★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ Low maintenance