FOOTBALL & RUGBY INTRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY GROUPS GOLF CRICKET & TENNIS RACING & EQUESTRIAN TECHNICAL & SUPPORT BARENBRUGSPORT2024 | PRODUCT GUIDE 45 Guide to Species Characteristics Sowing and Seeding Rates SOWING RATES - KILOGRAMS (KG) REQUIRED STANDARD AREAS 5g/m2 20g/m2 35g/m2 Football 4,050m2 - 80 150 Football 10,800m2 - 225 375 Rugby 6,900m2 - 150 225 Tennis 262m2 - 5.5 10 Cricket 520m2 - 10.5 18 Bowls 1,600m2 8 32 56 Golf 500m2 2.5 10 17.5 AREA COVERAGE SEED RATES (per 20kg bag) COVERAGE 5g/m2 4,000m2 10g/m2 2,000m2 15g/m2 1,333m2 20g/m2 1,000m2 25g/m2 800m2 30g/m2 666m2 35g/m2 571m2 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 Average 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/medium 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 Sheep fescue 1,600 4.5 -5.8 Very low Weak Very low Average T Good Very low Low/very low Low Festuca brevipila Hard fescue 1,300 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 Poor 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 Good High High Medium Poa annua Annual meadowgrass 6,500 5.5 -7.5 High Weak Intensive Average T Very 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
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