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Elite Bluegrass/Ryegrass Blend 5kg

Elite Bluegrass/Ryegrass Blend 5kg

Regular price $167.00 CAD
Regular price Sale price $167.00 CAD
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🏡 Covers 2,500 sqft

⚖️ 5kgs = 11lbs

🌱 80% Elite Kentucky Bluegrass

🌱 20% Elite Perennial Ryegrass

Shelf Life: When stored properly, grass seed can stay viable for 1.5 - 2 years.

Orders dispatched in 12-36 hours

Depending on the day of the week, orders are usually processed same-day or next-day.

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We offer free, expedited shipping Canada-wide. Orders ship from Toronto and typically arrive in 2-5 business days depending on your location.

30-day returns

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Seeding rates

  • Seeding rate per 1,000 sqft: 2kg-2.5kg
  • New lawns: 2kg-2.5kg per 1,000 sqft
  • Overseeding existing lawns: 1kg-2kg per 1,000 sqft
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80% Kentucky Bluegrass / 20% Perennial Ryegrass

There's no question about it, Kentucky Bluegrass produces a beautiful lawn. But it has a slightly longer germination period and sometimes you need to get some grass growing quickly before a storm arrives or to help manage weed pressure. That's when this 80/20 blend is a great option. It get you that Bluegrass lawn you want and the quick germination benefits of Perennial Ryegrass. The varieties in this blend provide an end result that gets you a consistent dark colour and a texture that will feel great underfoot.

What's in the bag

26% Jumpstart Kentucky Bluegrass

Jumpstart is the quickest establishing elite Kentucky Bluegrass on the market. It is a Unique/America hybrid with a medium dark green colour, medium-fine texture and good density. It has good heat tolerance, moderate drought tolerance, stays green longer than most other Bluegrasses, and has quick recovery after drought and summer stress. Jumpstart has great early spring green up and is resistant to billbugs, summer patch syndrome, powdery mildew, red thread, leaf spot, dollar spot, leaf rust, stripe smut, stem rust, pink snow mold and typhula blight.

26% Endurance Kentucky Bluegrass

Endurance is the latest compact, elite type Kentucky bluegrass released by Pure-Seed Testing. Endurance is a hybrid tracing to
Midnight and Northstar. The variety was selected for overall turf quality, spring green-up, and exceptional rust resistance. Endurance has good overall disease resistance allowing this variety to “ENDURE” high levels of stress across a wide geographical range. Endurance was in the top statistical group for all NTEP locations. It has good resistance to salt, dollar spot, summer patch and pink snow mold.

Endurance is an elite bluegrass for professional turfgrass applications. It mixes well and compliments perennial ryegrass and tall fescue. Endurance can handle low mowing .50” (1.25 cm.) and is a perfect fit for any high-end turf situation. Endurance is unique in that it is an elite bluegrass that can perform under low maintenance conditions, unlike traditional Midnight-type varieties, Endurance has exceptional leaf spot and rust resistance.

26% Prosperity Kentucky Bluegrass

Prosperity Kentucky Bluegrass provides outstanding turf quality, very dark colour, and tolerates low mowing. Prosperity has a low growth habit and high density, with a medium fine leaf texture and a very dark blue-green colour. Prosperity demonstrates high heat tolerance as well as excellent leaf spot resistance, stripe rust resistance, and powdery mildew resistance.

• High heat and drought tolerance
• Low growth habit
• Tolerates low mowing
• Proven performance record
• Superb disease resistance

20% Catalyst Perennial Ryegrass, Coated

Catalyst perennial ryegrass has shown top of the page performance across several regions, including the US Southwest and Midwest. It has the versatility to perform under both low and high maintenance programs. Catalyst has demonstrated good salt and traffic tolerance and even under stress it shows well all season long. It emerges from the ground quickly with vigorous establishment and showcases an eye catching, dark green colour. Catalyst is accompanied by a strong disease package that has shown exceptional resistance to crown rust and gray leaf spot.

All of our elite grass seed blends contain 0.0% crop and weed seed, have a 90% minimum germination rate, and are certified quality seed with high-rated NTEP scores.

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