FLAGSTICK
Agrostis stolonifera
- Excellent surface quality for putting greens
- Lower growth/competition =
- Suitable for mixtures with red fescue
- Reduced need for input
- Superior dollar spot resistance
Solution for disease patches
Disease patches resulting from winter/spring disease often leaves patches slow to recover/repair.
FLAGSTICK is a solution because it is better adapted to grow together with red fescues due to the slower/less aggressive growth. This leaves a more resiliant playing surface for golf greens. Perfect in the transition to use no or less fungicides.
Dollar spot tolerance
FLAGSTICK has shown excellent dollar spot tolerance, allowing the playing surface to stay more even and smoother during the growing season.
Low input compatible
FLAGSTICK has shown good performance in higher as well as lower N fertilisation conditions, making it a good option in pure creeping bent greens as well as red fescue/creeping bent greens.
Technical Specifications
- Creeping bent
Low input, dollar spot tolerant variety that keeps Poa annua out!
- Listed/recommended in EU CZ
Scangreen South performanceScanturf.org March 2021 - Scale 1-9, 9 is best | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variety | General impression | Density | Fineness | Colour | Winter hardiness | Resistance to pink snow mold in spring | Resistance to gray snow mold in spring | Relative growth rate |
| Flagstick | 6,2 | 7,2 | 6,0 | 6,0 | 6,5 | 6,0 | 6,0 | 97,0 |
| Average all varieties | 5,9 | 7,0 | 5,8 | 5,8 | 6,5 | 5,8 | 5,7 | 105,0 |
Scangreen North performanceScanturf.org March 2021 - scale 1-9, 9= best | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variety | General impression | Density | Leaf fineness | Colour | Winter color | Winter hardiness | Resistance to pink snow mold | Resistance to in-season M.nivale | Relative growth rate |
| Flagstick | 6,0 | 7,0 | 6,0 | 5,9 | 4,9 | 4,7 | 5,3 | 5,3 | 92 |
| Average all varieties | 5,9 | 6,9 | 6,0 | 5,9 | 4,9 | 4,6 | 5,3 | 5,3 | 106,4 |
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