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Trooper

Common Name
Turf Type Tall Fescue
Species
Festuca arundinacea

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

  • 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.  

Trials

  • (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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