ROYAL BLUE™

Kentucky Bluegrass Blend, Platinum Quality

Description

Kentucky Bluegrass is a perennial, cool season, sod forming grass that spreads by underground runners called rhizomes. Native to Europe and Asia and naturalized in North America, it is widely adapted throughout the cool humid and
transitional zones and can be effectively utilized in arid zones with supplemental irrigation. Due to its wide adaptability and exceptional turf quality it is the most widely used cool-season grass.

Bluegrass varieties are unique in that they exhibit a wide range of genetic diversity. Such diversity is an advantage for disease and insect resistance and improved turf quality when bluegrasses are used in a blend such as Royal Blue
Platinum. There are well over 100 varieties of Kentucky Bluegrasses with various traits and characteristics. The varieties chosen for this blend have been tested, highly rated, exhibit exceptional overall turf quality, and disease and
drought resistance when compared to other bluegrasses. It meets our platinum standards of superiority for variety quality and seed purity. Learn More

Interesting facts: The reason it is called “Kentucky” Bluegrass is that the grass was originally used as a pasture grass for horse grazing. When weather is favorable, one Kentucky Bluegrass plant can produce from 20 to 50 feet of
rhizomes in five months.

Characteristics

Uses

Because of its rhizomatous growth habit, Royal Blue is a natural for sportsfields and high traffic areas such as:

* Residential Lawns
* Athletic Fields


* Playgrounds
* Sod Production


* Parks
* Cemeteries


* Playgrounds
* Institutional Grounds

Seeding Rates

New turf: 2-4 pounds per 1,000 square feet or 85-170 pounds per acre. Overseeding existing turf: 1 to 2 pounds per 1,000 square feet or 45-90 pounds per acre. Seed when soil temperatures are above 60⁰ at a depth of 1/4 inch. Best time
for seeding is early fall.

Establishment

Emergence: Kentucky Bluegrass is slower to establish than other cool-season grasses (Ryegrasses, Fescues) and may take up to 21-28 days for full germination under less than optimal conditions. First mowing approximately 21 days after
emergence.

Specifications