BALKAN
Festuca commutata
- Very high red thread tolerance with low need for N fertilisation
- High tolerance to winter Fusarium
- Maintains very good colour during summer
- Visual merit very high during winter
- Above average salt tolerance
High tolerance to most important diseases
BALKAN combines very high tolerance to both red thread disease and winter Fusarium, making it suitable for reduced or no application of fungicides.
High visual merit during winter and summer
Helped by the good disease tolerance the visual merit is at a high level during the most stressful periods: Summer and winter.
Salt tolerant
BALKAN has proven above average salt tolerance in our recurrent salt tolerance tests. An advantage for use in saline conditions whether the salt is native or via the irrigation water (recycled...).
Technical Specifications
- Chewings fescue
Disease tolerant chewings maintaining colour during both winter and summer
- Listed/recommended in EU SK UK
Performance on the restrictive Dutch listGrasgids 2021 (Gazon) - Scale 1-9, 9 is best |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Variety | Balkan | Trophy | Average all varieties |
| Persistency | 7,9 | 6,9 | 7,9 |
| Density | 8,4 | 7,2 | 8,2 |
| Winter Fusarium | 8,4 | 8 | 7,7 |
| Red thread | 7,9 | 7,6 | 7,3 |
| Winter colour | 7,6 | 7,4 | 6,8 |
| Summer colour | 7,3 | 7,4 | 7 |
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