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FEATURES

Excellent traffic tolerance


High turf quality
Excellent winter color
Early spring green-up
Rapid establishment
High mature plant salt
tolerance
Excellent resistance to Dollar
Spot, Stem Rust and Pink
Snow Mold
High resistance to Summer
Patch and Leaf Spot
Improved Shamrock-type
Ideal for commercial and home
turf, parks, sport fields and golf
courses
BENEFITS
Reduced maintenance
High year round density
Reduced fungicides
requirement
Lower water use
Longer growing season
Rapid recovery
SEEDING RATES
Seeds/lb: 990,000
Seeds/kg: 2,180,500
New Turf:
23 lbs/1000 sq ft
1015 grams/sq m
90125 lbs/acre
100150 kg/ha
Overseed Rate:
12 lbs/1000 sq ft
510 grams/sq m
4090 lbs/acre
50100 kg/ha
Sports field Repair
68 lbs/1000 sq ft
3040 grams/sq m
ESTABLISHMENT
Germination: 710 days
under optimal conditions
First limited use: 46 weeks

FIELDER

KENTUCKY BLUEGRASS

Fielder Kentucky Bluegrass (SPTR 2959) (Poa pratensis) with excellent wear tolerance and high turf quality is an ideal choice for all bluegrass blends. The rapid establishment of Fielder makes it an important
component whether you have a new turf stand or are doing repairs.
Fielder should be
included whether you
are planting or repairing a sports field, a
home lawn, a golf
course fairway or
rough. Fielder was
developed from the
cross Shamrock x
America and has the
advantages of both of
these landmark
cultivars. Deep,
extensive rhizomes for
great shear strength
and recovery, with
persistence under
different types of management are hallmarks of Fielder. Fielder has excellent
winter color and greens up early in the spring for a longer growing season. It
also tolerates a low light intensity. The early rhizome formation of Fielder
enables sod growers to harvest sooner.
Fielder has excellent resistance to major turf diseases including Dollar Spot,
Stem Rust and Pink Snow Mold. It also has high resistance to Summer Patch
and Leaf Spot. It has exhibited excellent drought tolerance with rapid recovery. Fielder has a medium dark green color and high density all year round,
with medium texture. Fielder is ideal for inclusion in blends with other
Kentucky bluegrasses and mixtures with perennial
ryegrass, tall fescue and fine fescues.

Seed Research of Oregon 800-253-5766

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www.sroseed.com

FIELDER

KENTUCKY BLUEGRASS

Dollar Spot Ratings of Select Kentucky Bluegrass Cultivars at North Brunswick, NJ 2005 NTEP (2010 Data)
Disease Ratings: 19; 9=No Disease
Cultivar

Fielder
Hampton
Diva
Armada

Dollar Spot

Cultivar

8.3
7.8
7.7
7.5

Dollar Spot

Argos
Midnight
Kenblue
Granite

7.3
7.2
7.2
7.0

Cultivar

Dollar Spot

Touch
Bandera
Barvette HGT
Baron

6.5
6.3
6.2
5.2

Cultivar

Greenteam
Julia
4-Seasons
LSD @ 5%

Dollar Spot

4.2
3.7
3.0
2.3

Turgrass Quality of Select Kentucky Bluegrass Cultivars Grown Under Saline Irritation at Las Cruces, NM 2005 NTEP
(20082010 Data)
Cultivar

Hampton
Bandera
Midnight
Granite

Quality

Quality: 1-9; 9=Ideal Turf

Cultivar

6.6
6.3
6.3
6.2

Fielder
Touch
Shamrock
Barvette HGT

Quality

6.0
6.0
5.8
5.7

Cultivar

Quality

Wildhorse
Harmonie
NuGlade
Kenblue

5.6
5.5
5.5
5.0

Cultivar

Corsair
Greenteam
LSD @ 5%

Quality

4.7

4.4

1.1

Spring Green-up Ratings of Select Kentucky Bluegrass Cultivars at 15 Locations 2005 NTEP (2009 Data)
Green-Up Ratings: 19; 9= Completely Green
Cultivar
Mystere
Touch
Fielder
Shamrock

Green-Up
6.6
6.2
6.0
6.0

Cultivar
Argos
Armada
Kenblue
Diva

Green-Up
5.9
5.8
5.6
5.5

Cultivar
Julia
America
Baron
Midnight

Green-Up
5.4
5.1
4.8
4.2

Cultivar
Alexa II
LSD @ 5%

Green-Up
4.0
0.4

Summer Density Ratings of Select Kentucky Bluegrass Cultivars at 15 Locations 2005 NTEP (2008 Data)
Cultivar

Greenteam
Diva
Touch
America

Density

7.7
7.5
7.3
7.1

Cultivar

Fielder
Granite
Midnight
Argos

Density: 1-9; 9=Most Dense


Density
Cultivar

7.0
7.0
7.0
6.8

Julia
Shamrock
Barvette HGT
Kenblue

Density

6.8
6.4
5.9
5.6

Cultivar

LSD @ 5%

Density

0.8

Turfgrass Quality Ratings of Select Kentucky Bluegrass Cultivars Under Traffic Stress at North Brunswick, NJ 2005 NTEP
(20062010 Data)
Cultivar
Quality
Barvette HGT 7.3
Impact
5.9
Fielder
5.3
Midnight
5.3

Cultivar
Granite
Julia
Greenteam
Wildhorse

Turf Quality: 1-9; 9=Ideal Turf


Quality
5.2
5.1
5.1
5.1

Cultivar
Shamrock
Diva
Kenblue
Baron

Quality
3.9
3.8
3.6
3.4

Cultivar
LSD @ 5%

Quality
2.7

To determine whether a cultivars performance is different from another, subtract one entrys mean from another entrys mean. If this value is larger than the LSD
value, the observed difference in cultivar performance is significant and did not happen by chance. Complete tables are available upon request.

Seed Research of Oregon 800-253-5766

541-758-5305(fax)

www.sroseed.com

May 2013

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