Barenbrug Golf Green Trials

Sowing and Seeding Rates Guide to Species Characteristics Sowing rates - Kilograms (kg) required Standard Areas 5g/m 2 20g/m 2 35g/m 2 Football 4,050m 2 - 80 150 Football 10,800m 2 - 225 375 Rugby 6,900m 2 - 150 225 Tennis 262m 2 - 5.5 10 Cricket 520m 2 - 10.5 18 Bowls 1,600m 2 8 32 56 Golf 500m 2 2.5 10 17.5 Area coverage Seed Rates (per 20kg bag) Coverage 5g/m 2 4,000m 2 10g/m 2 2,000m 2 15g/m 2 1,333m 2 20g/m 2 1,000m 2 25g/m 2 800m 2 30g/m 2 666m 2 35g/m 2 571m 2 Species Soil Conditions Maintenance Seeds per gram (g) Optimal pH range Humidity Salt tolerance Maintenance level Fast establishment Rhizomes / Stolens / Tufted Shade tolerance Nitrogen requirement Water requirement Thatch build-up Agrostis capillaris Browntop bent 14,000 5.6 -7.0 medium moderate medium poor R good Medium Medium High Agrostis stolonifera Creeping bent 16,000 5.6 -7.0 high good intensive poor S good Very high High Very high Festuca rubra rubra Strong creeping red fescue 1,000 5.5 -6.8 low weak low average R very good Low Low Medium Festuca rubra commutata Chewings red fescue 1,000 5.5 -6.8 low weak low average T good Low Low/me- dium High Festuca rubra litoralis Slender creeping red fescue 1,000 5.5 -6.8 low good low average R good Low Low High Festuca ovina Sheeps fescue 2,000 4.5 -5.8 very low weak very low average T average Very low Low/very low Low Festuca trachyphylla Hard fescue 2,000 4.5 -7.5 very low good very low average T very good Very low Low/very low Low Rhizomatous Tall Fescue (RTF) 400 5.5 -7.0 high good medium average R very good Medium Very low Low Festuca arundinacea Tall fescue 450 5.5 -7.0 high good medium average T very good Medium Very low Low Lolium perenne Perennial ryegrass 700 5.8 -7.4 medium medium medium good T average High Medium Low Poa pratensis Smooth-stalked meadowgrass 3,300 5.8 -7.5 medium weak medium poor R poor High Medium Medium Poa trivialis Rough-stalked meadowgrass 5,500 5.8 -7.2 high weak medium average S average High High Medium Poa annua Annual meadowgrass 6,500 5.5 -7.5 high weak intensive average T good High High Medium Koeleria macrantha Crested hairgrass 3,000 5.5 -8.0 low good very low average R good Very low Low/very low Very low Deschampsia caespitosa Tufted hairgrass 3,800 5.5 -6.5 high medium low good T excellent Medium High High 12 Golf Greens