
Trooper
Trooper turf type tall fescue is an excellent choice for home lawns, parks, playgrounds and sports fields. With its rugged durability and high traffic persistence tolerance, trooper is an easy choice for beautiful uniform lawns. Trooper's outstanding dark green color mixes well with other cool seasons grasses, but is just as beautiful as a monoculture.
Benefits
- Superb wear tolerance
- Excellent turf quality
- Great persistence
- Rich dark color
- Quick spring greenup
- Enhanced disease resistant
- Drought tolerant
Details
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Plant this grass seed on front & back lawns, parks, playgrounds and sports fields.
Seeding Rate
Turf: 10-12 pounds per 1000 sq. ft
Overseeding Turf: 6-8 pounds per 1000 sq. ft.
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Fertilizer: 2 to 4 pounds of nitrogen yearly
Mowing
Cool Seasons: 1.5 to 3"
Warm Seasons: 2 to 4"
Establishment Germination: 7-10 Days
First Use: 40 Days, however we recommend waiting 60-90 days or after the second mowing.
First Mowing: Approximately 25 Days
Trials
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(MI, NE, NJ)
Turf Quality- Traffic
1-9 ; 9= Ideal turf Masterpiece 6.4 Trooper 5.6 Cochise III 5.4 Biltmore 5.3 Cayenne 5.2 Da Vinci 5.1 Pure Gold 5.0 -
Wear Tolerance
1-9 ; 9= Most Tolerance Silverado 6.0 Trooper 5.7 Rebel Exeda 5.0 Blackwatch 4.6 2nd Millennium 4.3 Rebel Sentry 3.7 Bonsai 2.0 -
Urbana, IL
Turf Quality
1-9 ; 9= Ideal Escalade 6.4 Trooper 5.6 Cochise III 5.4 Biltmore 5.3 Cayenne 5.2 Da Vinci 5.1 Pure Gold 5.2 -
Virginia
Turf Quality
1-9 ; 9= Ideal Kalahari 7.2 Trooper 6.5 Rebel Exeda 6.4 Bingo 6.2 2nd Millennium 6.0 Rebel Sentry 5.6 K-31 4.0 -
Oklahoma
Turf Quality
1-9 ; 9= Ideal Escalade 7.0 Trooper 6.8 Cochise III 5.6 2nd Millennium 6.5 Da Vinci 6.3 Rebel Exeda 5.3 Bonsai 5.8 -
Virginia
Turf Quality
1-9 ; 9= Ideal Millennium 6.8 Trooper 5.8 Forte 5.4 Cayenne 5.3 Inferno 5.2 Rendition 5.1 K-31 4.2
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