MIXTURE:
50% annual ryegrass
50% perennial ryegrass
USAGE:
Designed for emergency mid-season turf repair, aiming for the fastest possible germination, establishment and growth in cool temperatures.
FEATURES & BENEFITS
The saviour of the winter season, this specially formulated product contains varieties that germinate and establish quickly to resurrect high traffic areas on any pitch. In recent trials, SOS was shown to establish and restore a sward overseeded in January at a soil temperature of 6.2°C, from 20% to more than 60% within a month.
Barterra and 4IR-1 are annual ryegrasses that will germinate as low as 3.5°, quicker and at lower temperatures than perennial ryegrass, including tetraploid varieties.
Bardorado provides a longer-term solution with good performance characteristics.
Figure 1 illustrates the speed at which SOS can establish and restore a sward when it is overseeded in January at a soil temperature of 6.2°C. One month into the trial the grass cover has recovered from 20% to more than 60%.
Trials have proven that Bardorado germinates particularly well at low temperatures for a perennial ryegrass (down to 5°C, and quickly at 7-10°C; 90% germination in a 14-day trial – see Figure 2).
Barenbrug research favours the use of a hard-wearing diploid perennial rather than a tetraploid alternative as a partner to annual ryegrasses for winter grass seed mixtures.
