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Chewings Fescue Grass Seed is a fine-leaved cool season bunch grass, noted for its deep green color and shade tolerance. This has made it a popular turfgrass for both home lawn projects and overseeding greens on golf courses.
Product Information
- Application or Use: Lawn, Turf, Erosion Control, Parks & Recreation
- Germination Time: 14 - 21 days, under optimal conditions
- Growing Locations: Transition Zone, Cool Season
- Height: 1.5 - 4 inches
- Sunlight Requirements: 4+ hours, full sun for best results
- Advantages: Slower growth habit, making it desirable for low maintenance areas; easily blended with other varieties for added drought tolerance.
- When to Plant: Recommended planting time is fall and spring when night time temperatures are consistently below 65 degrees.
Product Details
- Slower growth habit, making it desirable for low maintenance areas
- Utilized as a turfgrass for overseeding greens
- Extreme tolerance for being tightly mowed
- Well-suited for lawn applications
- More drought resistant than bluegrass
Product Information
Chewings Fescue Grass Seed is a cool season bunch grass that is fine leaved, distinctly deep green, and offers great shade tolerance. Chewings Fescue is mostly utilized as a turfgrass for overseeding greens, but is also well-suited for lawn applications across North America. It performs best in well-drained soils and is more drought resistant than bluegrass. Chewings Fescue has a slower growth habit that makes it desirable for low maintenance areas.
Chewings Fescue grass seed can be used in mixtures without becoming too aggressive. Longfellow 3 is widely known for its reduced rate of vertical growth, and extreme tolerance for being tightly mowed. Longfellow 3 chewings fescue is a moderately enhanced endophyte chewings fescue with 36% Epichloe typhina endophyte, which provides resistance to a number of leaf and crown feeding insects and nematodes.
*Product packaging may appear different than what is pictured.
Plant at a rate of 4 - 5 lbs. / 1,000 sq. ft., at a depth between 1/4 in. and 1/2 in. Plant during Spring or Fall. Ensure that soil pH is at 6.5 or less.
Instructions
When choosing to start a new lawn, remove old vegetation by using a de-thatcher, power rake or tiller to kill the existing vegetation. Rake or drag the area to remove debris and dead grass for a clean area. Ensure the soil is leveled and loosened to allow the seed to have good soil contact once spread on a clean seed bed.
If you have an area with heavy weed coverage, we recommend starting fresh by killing and removing the existing vegetation. If you choose to use chemicals, herbicides or fertilizers, you must check with the product's manufacturer prior to planting new seed to ensure the proper waiting period.
When overseeding an existing area, mow your lawn at the lowest setting and bag the clippingsx. Rake or drag any areas that have dead thatch or debris.