GREENMILE
Festuca commutata
- Excellent red thread, leaf spot and rust tolerance
- Darker green attractive colour
- High turf value in lawns from 8-35 mm cutting height
- Good resistance to snow mold
High disease tolerance = better sustainability
GREENMILE is ranked number one for red thread, rust and leaf spot tolerance in French official trials!
Darker than most chewings red fescues
GREENMILE is ranked as one of the darkest chewings red fescue varieties. This can be a criteria for incorporation in some mixtures with darker varieties of other species.
A "lawn variety" par excellence
GREENMILE will perform very well in all kinds of "lawn uses" from the low cut UK lawns (10-12 mm) to the higher cut German and French lawns (2,5 - 3,5 cm).
Qualifying for all uses in the German RSM (2013) - Scale: 1-9, 9 is best:
- 8 = score for adaptation to Lawn
- 8 = score for adaptation to Greens
- 8 = score for adaptation to Sport
- 7 = score for adaptation to Extensive use
Technical Specifications
- Chewings fescue
Disease tolerant, dark green - "par excellence" lawn type
- Listed/recommended in EU BY DE DK FR RU UA UK
Performance in close mown lawn trialsSource: STRI Bingley 2014 - Table L3 Lawn |
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| Shoot density |
Visual merit |
Resistance to Red thread |
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| Average 39 varieties | 6,8 | 6,8 | 6,2 |
| Greenmile | 7,6 | 7,5 | 6,4 |
Scale 1-9, 9 = best, more dense etc.
Disease tolerance
Source: GEVES Bulletin Gazon 2013. 1-9, 9 = best
Product information
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Specification and ratings
Characteristics
Source: GEVES (France)| Average 17 varieties | Greenmile | |
| Red thread | 7,96 | 8,42 |
| Rust tolerance | 7,22 | 7,56 |
| Leaf spot | 7,58 | 8,76 |
| Snow mould | 8,00 | 8,03 |
| Summer Fusarium | 6,36 | 6,84 |
| Colour | 5,63 | 6,16 |