Agrostis stolonifera
Futura Pro
Futura Pro Creeping Bentgrass Blend is engineered for superior performance on golf course greens, designed to excel under a variety of environmental and maintenance conditions. Combining two high-quality bentgrass varieties, MacKenzie and Tillinghast, this blend offers an enhanced genetic base, ensuring a turf that thrives even in challenging climates. This blend is tailored to deliver outstanding turf quality, uniformity, and consistency, ideal for golf courses seeking optimal greens with minimal maintenance.
Futura Pro boasts exceptional disease resistance, offering enhanced protection against common turf diseases like Brown Patch, Pink Snow Mold, Dollar Spot, Leaf Spot, and Pythium. The blend’s genetic diversity results in a dense, uniform putting surface with a fine leaf texture and a smooth playing surface. MacKenzie, known for its deep roots and summer stress tolerance, pairs well with Tillinghast Creeping Bentgrass delivers exceptional puttinggreen and fairway performance with fine texture, mediumdark colour, and outstanding resistance to Dollar Spot, Brown Patch, Pink Snow Mold, Anthracnose, and Pythium Root Rot. Its high density without bentgrass bloat provides strong Poa annua resistance, improved thatch management, and reliable early spring greenup.
Key features
- Blend with superior turf quality
- Provides attractive, dense, uniform playing surface
- Exceptional disease resistance
- Excellent summer stress tolerance
- Rapid establishment and recovery
- Excels in cool temperatures
General Characteristics
Establishment (Days)
7-14
First Mowing (Days)
21
Endophyte + (Yes, No)
No
Germination (Days)
3-5
Nitrogen Requirement (Low, Med, High)
Low
Segment
Turfgrass
Species
Creeping Bentgrass
Sci. Name
Agrostis stolonifera
Seeding Information
Approx. Seeds/Lb.
6000000
Approx. Seeds/Kg.
13200000
Seeding Rate - Alone/New (Kg./Hectare)
50-75
Seeding Rate - Alone/New (Lbs./Acre)
45-65
Seeding Rate - Overseed (Lbs./1000 sq. ft.)
2-3
Seeding Rate - Interseed (Lbs./1000 sq. ft.)
2-3
Seeding Rate - Golf Green Interseed (Lbs./1000 sq. ft.)
2-3
Seeding Rate - Golf Green Overseed (Lbs./1000 sq. ft.)
2-3
Seeding Rate - Interseed (Kg./100 sq. meters)
1-1.5
Seeding Rate - New (Kg./100 sq. meters)
0.5-0.7
Seeding Rate - New (Lbs./1000 sq. ft.)
1-1.5
Seeding Rate - Overseed (Kg./100 sq. meters)
1-1.5