RPR SPORT

Football & Rugby, Stadium environments

  • Barenbrug-bred RPR technology for fast establishment and unparalleled capacity for recovery from wear
  • Tried & tested at our research station focused on four key traits for high performance pitches
  • 100% perennial ryegrass for areas of intensive traffic
  • Barenbrug-bred varieties only
  • Football
  • Rugby
  • Renovation & repair
  • Education environments

MIXTURE: 100% perennial ryegrass

 

USAGE: 

Wear is inevitable, and for some that means a complete annual renovation, but if that is not possible or is undesirable, RPR SPORT can help. Its unique blend of regenerating perennial ryegrasses copes with high use to maintain the playing surface throughout the year.

 

 

FEATURES & BENEFITS

The unique component of RPR SPORT is Barlibro, a Regenerating Perennial Ryegrass (RPR), the result
of detailed research and trials, which produces determinate stolons, resulting in excellent ground cover with unparalleled capacity for recovery.


RPR SPORT is strengthened with the highly rated Barcristalla and Barorlando, which add a stronger genetic green colour with proven wear tolerance.

 

RPR innovation

Regenerating Perennial Ryegrass (RPR) is a group of cultivars bred from Barenbrug’s grass breeding stations that delivers unparalleled recovery from wear and a naturally self-regenerating growth habit.

 

  • Faster establishment compared to normal perennial ryegrasses, particularly ‘fill-in’ between disc-seeding lines or in golf divot repair
  • Gives a very dense sward, excellent wear tolerance and unparalleled recovery after wear
  • Added traction strength due to interconnected plants, RPR’s creeping growth habit helps fill in sand slits and drainage lines

 

Normal perennial ryegrasses exhibit a purely tufted growth habit, with limited sidewards growth. Barenbrug’s unique RPR cultivar, Barlibro, produces determinate stolons (see image below) (a stem that grows below the ground surface) as it establishes and grows.

 

The determinate stolons are growth shoots emerging from auxiliary buds at the base of each plant. When an RPR plant is damaged, creating space, determinate stolons will grow horizontally into the empty space and develop roots. Each RPR plant connects to other plants and into the top layer of the soil; this produces a network of stolons.


Our unique products that utilise the RPR technology - RPR Sport, RPR Golf, RPR Sprint - are blends of hard-wearing perennial ryegrasses and the RPR cultivar, Barlibro, for the renovation and construction of elite winter sports pitches, racecourses, and golf courses.

 

 

The lateral growth habit results in fast establishment between seeding lines and unparalleled capacity for recovery after and during wear.

Composition
Variety
Species
50%
Barlibro
RPR Perennial ryegrass
25%
Barcristalla
Perennial ryegrass
25%
Barorlando
Perennial ryegrass
Specifications
Sowing rate
30-50g m²
Oversowing rate
15-30g m²
Sowing depth
10-15mm < thatch
Mowing height
down to 18mm
Speed of Establishment
Wear Tolerance
Recovery after wear
Turf aesthetics
Speed of growth
Dark green colour
Shoot density
Cold temperature germination
Sport

Discover our grass seed for football and rugby pitches. Schools, colleges and playing fields will also benefit from this specialist grass seed. 

Discover our grass seed for football and rugby pitches. Schools, colleges and playing fields will also benefit from this specialist grass seed. 

Discover our grass seed for football and rugby pitches. Schools, colleges and playing fields will also benefit from this specialist grass seed. 

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