SISKIN
Festuca commutata
- Number 1 for Lawn and Fairway use in STRI trials
- Superior red thread tolerance
- Highest shoot density for Lawn and Fairway use in STRI trials
- Suitable for golf greens with superior density under close mowing
- High relative salt tolerance
Exceptional disease resistance!
Differences are rarely so exceptional as for the Siskin red thread score on the STRI list. 0.7 higher than number two is an exceptional advantage. Siskin has excellent visual merit even with very low inputs.
Suitable golf greens, fairways, tees and high quality lawns
Siskin is ranked No 1 for lawn and fairway use with exceptional density and good colour giving a high visual merit rating. Siskin also shows high performance in trials under golf green management!
High salt tolerance
Siskin ranks very highly in the DLF R&D tests for salt tolerance making this an ideal cultivar for links golf courses and coastal sites.
Technical Specifications
- Chewings fescue
Top lawn performance with outstanding red thread tolerance
- Listed/recommended in EU DK UK
Product information
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Specification and ratings
Best visual merit & red thread tolerance
Source: STRI 2016 table L3 (Lawn)Scale 1-9, 9 is best
| Table L3 | Siskin | Average catalogue |
| Density | 8,0 | 6,8 |
| Visual merit | 8,0 | 6,8 |
| Red thread | 8,5 | 6,3 |
High performance on golf greens too
Source: STRI 2016 table G2 (greens)Scale 1-9, 9=best
| Table G2 | Siskin | Average catalogue |
| Density | 7,3 | 6,9 |
| Visual merit | 7,3 | 6,9 |
| Red thread | 7,0 | 6,1 |