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Tue, Aug 28, 12 at 23:37
| tiemco and dchall,
You both have stated that you feel that PR doesn't go well in mixes with other grass types. I've heard other people claim the same thing about TTTF (due to coarse texture supposedly), but I'm skeptical on both accounts. What's the deal with being against mixes containing some TTPR? Doesn't it give strength/traffic tolerance to the grass? |
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| PR by itself makes a great looking lawn. Dark green, with a shimmer due to the back of the leaves being very shiny. It stripes well, can be cut short, and is easy to grow, and grow fast. In a mixed lawn however, you run into a few problems that may or may not outweigh its benefits depending on what you want out of your lawn. PR tends to grow faster than the other cool season grasses. If you have PR mixed with TTTF or KBG, then the PR blades will be much taller than the rest of the lawn unless you mow often (2-3 times a week). If you are seeding an area with PR and KBG, the PR will be up and running very soon, ready for a haircut in 3-4 weeks, while the KBG will be lagging behind. The PR will outcompete the KBG for resources and shield some of the sun it needs to develop. Overseeding KBG into a PR lawn often proves to be futile, as mature PR releases chemicals into the soil that acts like a preemergent, greatly reducing germination. |
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