Turf Type Tall Fescues? Where to buy?
 

I live in zone 8 (VA) and would like to overseed my lawn with one of the
newer cultivars of tall fescue. I've found the results of studies comparing
many of these cultivars, but can find very few sources of seeds. Other than
GardensAlive.com, Seedland.com, Ampacseed.com and a couple of others, I'm
stumped. Even these sites only list a few of the cultivars I've seen listed
in the studies, and the cultivars listed in the TurfAlive III mix, are not
found eleswhere. Does anyone know where to find seeds like Pick RT-95,
Masterpiece, Scorpio, Rembrandt, Barrington, etc.? I would like to make my
own TTT fescue mix, but can't seem to find many cultivars to choose from.
Can anyone provide links to such sites, or email them to me? Thanks in
advance for any help. Please remember to remove the (NOSPAM) from my email
address if replying directly.

Turf Type Tall Fescues? Where to buy?
 

A good garden center (as opposed to just any old garden center) should have
an ample supply of quality seed that's appropriate for your area. For here
(southern OH zone 6A) the variety of choice is Crossfire II.

The best time to overseed is fall. The second best time is late winterand
the very worst time to overseed is spring. That's because when you overseed
in the spring the new grass is just getting established when summer hits and
you're going to have to water a LOT to keep it from dying out.

"A. Raasch" wrote in message
hlink.net...
I live in zone 8 (VA) and would like to overseed my lawn with one of the
newer cultivars of tall fescue. I've found the results of studies
comparing
many of these cultivars, but can find very few sources of seeds. Other
than
GardensAlive.com, Seedland.com, Ampacseed.com and a couple of others, I'm
stumped. Even these sites only list a few of the cultivars I've seen
listed
in the studies, and the cultivars listed in the TurfAlive III mix, are not
found eleswhere. Does anyone know where to find seeds like Pick RT-95,
Masterpiece, Scorpio, Rembrandt, Barrington, etc.? I would like to make
my
own TTT fescue mix, but can't seem to find many cultivars to choose from.
Can anyone provide links to such sites, or email them to me? Thanks in
advance for any help. Please remember to remove the (NOSPAM) from my
email
address if replying directly.

Turf Type Tall Fescues? Where to buy?
 

Perhaps I'm reading the wrong sources, but everything I've read says fall is
the best time to seed and early sping the second best time. Be that as it
may, I was hoping someone might have links to an internet seed supplier that
would have more variety than the local suppliers. Particularly the newer
varieties of TTT fescue that have fine texture, deep roots and grow slowly.
Of course lower prices due to volume sales would be nice also. I may decide
to wait until fall to do the seeding, but I would still like to find seed
suppliers now. TIA for any help.

"Tim B" wrote in message
.. .
A good garden center (as opposed to just any old garden center) should
have
an ample supply of quality seed that's appropriate for your area. For
here
(southern OH zone 6A) the variety of choice is Crossfire II.

The best time to overseed is fall. The second best time is late winterand
the very worst time to overseed is spring. That's because when you
overseed
in the spring the new grass is just getting established when summer hits
and
you're going to have to water a LOT to keep it from dying out.

"A. Raasch" wrote in message
hlink.net...
I live in zone 8 (VA) and would like to overseed my lawn with one of the
newer cultivars of tall fescue. I've found the results of studies
comparing
many of these cultivars, but can find very few sources of seeds. Other
than
GardensAlive.com, Seedland.com, Ampacseed.com and a couple of others,
I'm
stumped. Even these sites only list a few of the cultivars I've seen
listed
in the studies, and the cultivars listed in the TurfAlive III mix, are
not
found eleswhere. Does anyone know where to find seeds like Pick RT-95,
Masterpiece, Scorpio, Rembrandt, Barrington, etc.? I would like to make
my
own TTT fescue mix, but can't seem to find many cultivars to choose
from.
Can anyone provide links to such sites, or email them to me? Thanks in
advance for any help. Please remember to remove the (NOSPAM) from my
email
address if replying directly.

Turf Type Tall Fescues? Where to buy?
 

"A. Raasch" wrote in message thlink.net...
Perhaps I'm reading the wrong sources, but everything I've read says fall is
the best time to seed and early sping the second best time. Be that as it
may, I was hoping someone might have links to an internet seed supplier that
would have more variety than the local suppliers. Particularly the newer
varieties of TTT fescue that have fine texture, deep roots and grow slowly.
Of course lower prices due to volume sales would be nice also. I may decide
to wait until fall to do the seeding, but I would still like to find seed
suppliers now. TIA for any help.

"Tim B" wrote in message
.. .
A good garden center (as opposed to just any old garden center) should
have
an ample supply of quality seed that's appropriate for your area. For
here
(southern OH zone 6A) the variety of choice is Crossfire II.

The best time to overseed is fall. The second best time is late winterand
the very worst time to overseed is spring. That's because when you
overseed
in the spring the new grass is just getting established when summer hits
and
you're going to have to water a LOT to keep it from dying out.

"A. Raasch" wrote in message
hlink.net...
I live in zone 8 (VA) and would like to overseed my lawn with one of the
newer cultivars of tall fescue. I've found the results of studies
comparing
many of these cultivars, but can find very few sources of seeds. Other
than
GardensAlive.com, Seedland.com, Ampacseed.com and a couple of others,
I'm
stumped. Even these sites only list a few of the cultivars I've seen
listed
in the studies, and the cultivars listed in the TurfAlive III mix, are
not
found eleswhere. Does anyone know where to find seeds like Pick RT-95,
Masterpiece, Scorpio, Rembrandt, Barrington, etc.? I would like to make
my
own TTT fescue mix, but can't seem to find many cultivars to choose
from.
Can anyone provide links to such sites, or email them to me? Thanks in
advance for any help. Please remember to remove the (NOSPAM) from my
email
address if replying directly.





Hi, I've had very good results with Plantation TTT fescue (made by
Pennington, I believe), which apparently was ranked #1 in some kind of
national test for drought resistance, color, and density. I've been
able to find it at the local Lowe's, but not at Home Depot, which
seems to have mostly Scott's products. It's not as narrow a blade as
bluegrass or creeping red fescue, but it is very thin for a tall
fescue and seems to be as tough as the mfr. claims. It seems to take a
bit longer to germinate than most fescues (about 2 weeks) so if you're
going to do it this spring, you need to put it down pretty soon. I'm
in your climate zone, and it was green all winter and only faded a
little bit during the drought last summer.