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INTENSE PERENNIAL RYEGRASS.

Intense perennial ryegrass is a new dark green ryegrass from Landmark Seed Company in the USA. It is one of the top performing varieites in the most recent NTEP trials and is on the Low input A-List.

  • It is a hard wearing variety selected for turf quality and gray leafspot tolerance.
  • Has reduced water use in comparison to many varieties.
  • Requires less chemicals and pesticides.
  • Requires less fertilizer.
  • Excellent  heat Tolerance

 

This turf seed is best for use on heavy-use sports fields, golf course tees, and for lawns that demand turf quality as well as disease resistance and exceptional wear tolerance.

Intense perennial ryegrass is dark green, wear tolerant

DESCRIPTION

Intense ryegrass has a very dark green colour and a fine leaf texture. Its ability to tolerate a low height of cut, and as a high wear ryegrass, make Intense an excellent companion in seed mixtures used for establishing professional turf as well as overseeding both cool and warm season grasses. Intense is adapted to the cool-season zone and transition zones 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6.

USE OF INTENSE PERENNIAL RYEGRASS.

• Golf course fairways, tees, and roughs, sports turf, lawn and landscaping. Ideal for overseeding warm season turf in shade.

AREA OF USE FOR INTENSE PERENNIAL RYEGRASS.

Cool-season and transition zones, and is one of the best ryegrass for overseeding of couch grass turf in warm-season zones. Ideal for zones 1,2, 3, 4, 5 and 6

 

PRODUCTION AREAS

Oregon, upper Midwest. US ryegrass.

 

SEEDS PER Kg (APPROXIMATE)

~125,000

 

FEATURES & BENEFITS OF INTENSE PERENNIAL RYEGRASS

  • Excellent gray leaf spot performance
  • Ideal in areas needing fast establishment and a high degree of wear tolerance
  • Excellent year-round turf density and quality
  • Improved disease resistance

RATE OF INTENSE PERENNIAL RYEGRASS.

  • Overseeding (warm season): 3 to 3.5 Kg/100m².
  • Overseeding (cool season): 3 to 3.5 Kg/100m².
  • New Seeding (cool season): 4 to 5 Kg./100m².
Climatic zones for dark green Intense perennial ryegrass in Australia

INDEPENDENT TRIAL RESULTS.

  • Intense is one of the top performing ryegrass varieties in the 2021 NTEP ryegrass seed trials.
  • In trials at Adelphia, NJ on a sandy loam, in full sun and under irrigation, Intense had significantly higher wear tolerance than Allstar 3.
  • Intense perennial ryegrass has sigificantly better gray leaf spot resistance than Allstar 3.
  • Intense has a significantly darker green colour than Allstar 3.
  • Intense Perennial ryegrass is an approved variety on the A-List.