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US 2015/0089868 A1Published application
Reducing maintenance costs by replacing current lawns with blends containing mostly fine fescue mixtures
OwnerChristina Koblandinventor
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Abstract
A method of improved turf management comprises the steps of: removing the existing inefficient-to-maintain lawn/field; prepping the land for preferred planting conditions; then seeding with a mostly fine fescue mixture that includes: (a) about 20-50% by weight Hard Fescue; (b) about 20-50% by weight Creeping Red Fescue; and (c) about 20-50% by weight Chewings Fescue.
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A method of improved turf management comprising:
- (a) removing existing vegetation to create an area for converting to a more efficient turf growth.
- (b) prepping the conversion area for new planting;
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- (c) seeding the prepped area with a mixture comprising at least about 92% fine fescues to produce a replacement turf that requires fewer mowings than the lawn turf it is replacing, said mixture comprising:
- (a) about 20-50% by weight Hard Fescue;
- (b) about 20-50% by weight Creeping Red Fescue;
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- (c) about 20-50% by weight Chewings Fescue.
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A method of improved turf management comprises:
- (a) killing current turf cover with one or more herbicides;
- (b) closely cropping any remaining turf cover to make a thatch base for planting;
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- (c) seeding with a mixture of fine fescues to grow a replacement turf that requires fewer mowings than what it replaced, said mixture being planted at a rate of at least about 240 lbs./acre and comprising:
- (a) about 20-50% by weight Hard Fescue;
- (b) about 20-50% by weight Creeping Red Fescue;
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- (c) about 20-50% by weight Chewings Fescue.
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