Clearly I'm not getting any help here...Morph, where the heck is everyone? I haven't seen a post from dchall, Andy, or tiemco in weeks. I hope they're not abandoning the forum...

Rather than have this thread go to total waste, maybe you can answer a simpler question - the only good fescue seed I can find locally contains 20% Brooklawn KBG. I was trying to avoid KBG because I'm afraid of it going brown in the summer. Do you have any pros and cons of pure fescue vs fescue/KBG mix?

Tim, I think I read once that it is really slow around this time. Vacations etc.... good luck!

>>Clearly I'm not getting any help here...Morph, where the heck is everyone?

Picture me shrugging. However, last week of July, first week of August...big vacation period.

I'd've answered your question if I could have given any good advice other than, "Read the one closest to your local area." Barring that, the one closest to the same climate.

Other than that, what you evaluate depends on what's important to you. I was most interested in color (graduating from a not very disease resistant cultivar, anything would be better) and winter performance.

If that data isn't available for one particular site, check others. And again, choose the closest geographically or the closest climatically depending on how far afield you have to go.