JD wrote:

Are there other Bermudas that would work as well. I only know Tiffway.
Thanks,
JD - Chesapeake, VA


Tifway, properly known as Tifway 419, is one of a whole series of hybrid
bermudas bred by Earl Eisner at the Georgia Crop Improvement Experiment
Station in Tifton, Georgia. Others include TifEagle, TifDwarf, TifGreen
and TifSport (originally bred as T-10).

Tifway 419 is probably the most widely grown of these varieties, but is
the most subject to genetic variation through mutation. The most recent
introduction is TifSport (T-10). This is the most genetically stable of
the Tifton varieties, and the TifSport Growers Association is extremely
strict about how it is grown. Every field, for example must be killed,
fumigated and replanted from foundation stock every two years. TifSport
is the variety of bermuda that the Redskins play on in FedEx Stadium.

Probably the best variety of hybrid bermuda available today is Patriot,
a joint release by Kansas State and Oklahoma State, with Dennis Martin
being the primary breeder. There is only one grower on the east coast
and that is Oakwood Sod Farm in Delmar, MD, http://www.oakwoodsod.com

a brief description of Patriot can be found at
http://home.okstate.edu/Okstate/dasn...sf/toc/martin2