8 BARENBRUG SPORT 2024 | PRODUCT GUIDE “Sustainable Grass Technology” – Barenbrug’s research-driven concept designed to deliver outstanding turf performance in high stress conditions with reduced fertiliser, chemical and water inputs. Barenbrug aims to develop seed cultivars and grass seed mixes that respond to customers’ needs and a changing climate. Our Sustainable Grass Technology (SGT) products are designed to reduce the chemical, fertiliser and water input for turf managers. Products under the SGT banner promise stress-tolerant grass for sustainable turf management and are the result of years of independent and in-house trials. Barenbrug’s SGT products have been tested extensively, and offer exceptional performance in one or more of four pillars of research: • Nitrogen-use efficiency to reduce fertiliser use and cost • Drought tolerance to increase survival and reduce the need for irrigation in stress periods • Increased disease tolerance to reduce the need for fungicide • Lower biomass production (or clipping yield) to reduce mowing frequency, man hours and fuel use Visit our website for a detailed video about the years of independent and in-house trials that led to the launch of Sustainable Grass Technology: www.barenbrug.co.uk/SGT Sustainable Drought tolerance The SGT products are curated from specially chosen cultivars. In trials at Landlab in Italy, during the harsh summer of 2018, Hardtop hard fescue and Barjessica strong creeping red fescue performed particularly well in periods of heat and drought, in comparison with other cultivars (Fig. 1 & Fig. 2). Both varieties feature in SGT Rye Fairway and SGT Fine Fescue. Figure 1 - Drone Image From Landlab. Highlighted plots are the hard fescue. The quality and endurance of hard fescue stood alone during the most intense heat. Figure 2 - Graph to show fluctuations in fescue performance (Live Ground Cover assessments) over 9-month period during 2018 in Landlab, Italy. Note the superior performance of Hardtop hard fescue and Barjessica strong creeping red fescue.
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