SOS

Overseeding mix for Football & Rugby, Racing & Racecourses

  • Purpose-bred varieties, designed for emergency repair during winter months
  • Fast germination, establishment and growth
  • Overseeding and patching blend of ryegrass species that germinate and grow vigorously at very low temperatures

MIXTURE:

50% perennial ryegrass

50% annual 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 or racecourse.


Barterra is an annual ryegrass that will germinate as low as 3.5°, quicker and at lower temperatures than perennial ryegrass, including tetraploid varieties.


Barbasten and Barcristalla provide a longer-term solution with good performance characteristics. Barbasten is a particularly wear tolerant variety (ranked #3 on Table S1 Turfgrass Seed) and Barcristalla complements the blend well with a darker winter colour.


Barenbrug research shows the advantages of using a hard-wearing diploid perennial ryegrass, rather than a tetraploid alternative, as a partner to annual ryegrasses for winter grass seed mixtures.


In recent trials - overseeded in January at a soil temperature of 6.2°C - SOS was shown to establish and restore a sward faster than a perennial ryegrass, recovering from 20% to more than 60% within a month (see graph below).

Figure 1 

Composition
Variety
Species
50%
Barterra
Annual ryegrass
25%
Barbasten
Perennial ryegrass
25%
Barcristalla
Perennial ryegrass
Specifications
Sowing rate
30-50g m²
Oversowing rate
20-40g m²
Sowing depth
4-8mm < thatch
Mowing height
down to 20mm
Barenbrug Grass seed

Barenbrug Grass seed is designed for you

Barenbrug Grass seed is designed for you

Barenbrug Grass seed is designed for you

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