CLEEK
Agrostis capillaris
- Attractive turf with good density and visual appeal
- Balanced performance across a wide range of conditions
- Excellent wear tolerance and recovery
- Suitable for creating a durable and high-quality turf surface
- The most salt tolerant Browntop bent in the DLF range
Top performance across conditions
Cleek is a high-performing browntop bentgrass variety developed through European breeding with a broad genetic background. It combines attractive visual appearance with good turf density, delivering a high-quality playing surface across a wide range of environmental conditions. Its consistent performance has been demonstrated in Scandinavian trials, where it achieved top rankings for overall quality and suitability for closely mown turf.
Excellent disease resistance and winter performance
A key strength of Cleek is its excellent tolerance to several important turf diseases, helping to maintain surface quality throughout the year. This strong disease resistance is combined with good turf density and fineness, contributing to a consistently attractive appearance. Cleek also offers excellent winter hardiness while retaining good winter colour, ensuring strong performance and visual appeal during challenging conditions.
Strong recovery and durability
Cleek is well known for its excellent wear tolerance and rapid recovery, making it a durable choice for intensively managed turf. Its ability to recover quickly from stress and traffic helps maintain a dense and attractive sward, supporting consistent playing quality throughout the season.
Salt tolerance
In addition to its agronomic strengths, Cleek has demonstrated excellent salt tolerance, performing among the best browntop bentgrass varieties in salt tolerance evaluations. This characteristic makes it particularly suitable for sites exposed to saline conditions or where irrigation water quality may be a concern.
Recommended uses
Cleek is ideally suited to golf greens, where its turf quality, density and disease resistance contribute to exceptional surface performance. It also performs very well on tees and fairways, producing a durable, attractive and resilient turf surface. Its combination of visual appeal, recovery potential, environmental adaptability and year-round performance makes Cleek an excellent choice for premium golf turf applications.
Technical Specifications
- Browntop bent
- Tolerate low mowing
- Recommended for use on golf greens, tees and fairways
- Listed/recommended in EU CZ UK
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Specification and ratings
Performance in close mown trials (4-7mm)
Source: STRI Turfgrass varieties 2021 table G1 (greens)| CLEEK | Average all varieties | |
| Density | 6.9 | 6.6 |
| Visual merit | 7.1 | 6.9 |
| Mean | 7 | 6.7 |
| Fineness | 6.3 | 6.5 |
Scandinavian green trial network
Source: Scangreen Southern Scandinavia - 2021/03| CLEEK | Average all | |
| General imp. | 6.6 | 5.5 |
| Density | 6.9 | 6.3 |
| Leaf fineness | 6.1 | 5.7 |
| Color | 5.4 | 5.3 |
| Winter color | 5.9 | 4.9 |
| Winter hard. | 6.8 | 6.6 |