HASTINGS
Festuca rubra rubra
- Top performing for Lawn and Sport
- Very high shoot density & fineness of leaf
- Good tolerance to fusarium patch (Microdochium)
- Maintains visual merit during summer & winter
Convincing results from France
In the official French results, Hastings tops the list for both the Sport and the Lawn index. This is also showing in the winter and summer aspects, ensuring a year round high performance.
Top of the restrictive Dutch "Grasgids" list
With top scores for density and persistency, Hastings also performs in Dutch trials. As in France the performance in the summer during drought is also confirmed.
Imperial in the STRI Lawn table
With excellent scores for density and visual merit, Hastings also reaches the top of the list in the UK.
Recommended uses
Hastings will do fine in all situations where strong creeping red fescue is used, and in particular in high demanding prestige ornamental lawns and where wear tolerance is important (fairways, playgrounds...).
Technical Specifications
- Strong creeping red fescue
Top performance in France, UK and the Netherlands!
- Listed/recommended in EU FR NL UK
Top performance in STRISTRI 2016 Turfgrass book |
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| Cultivar | Density | Visual merit |
| Hastings | 5,9 | 6,1 |
| Average catalogue | 5,1 | 5,1 |
Top of the Dutch listGrasgids 2016 (NL) |
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| Variety | Persistency | Density | Fusarium patch | Red thread | Summer aspect |
| Average all varieties | 7,4 | 7,0 | 7,7 | 6,4 | 6,5 |
| Hastings | 7,8 | 7,4 | 7,7 | 6,6 | 6,8 |
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Specification and ratings
Performance in French trials
Source : GEVES 2015 (France).Scale 1-9, 9 = best
| Variety Name | Hastings | Average all varieties |
| Sport Index | 6,1 | 5,5 |
| Lawns Index | 6,7 | 6,1 |
| Wear Tolerance | 4,7 | 4,4 |
| Visual merit | 6,9 | 6,3 |
| Visual merit winter | 7,1 | 6,3 |
| Visual merit summer | 5,9 | 5,6 |
| Density | 9,0 | 7,6 |
| Fineness | 8,7 | 8,0 |
| Persistency | 8,4 | 7,9 |
| Microdochium patch | 7,1 | 6,6 |