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MIXTURE: 100% Perennial ryegrass
Usage
Designed for elite winter sport stadiums and pitches, it focuses on the key characteristics of wear tolerance, recovery, camera-friendly grass colour and disease resistance. ELITE SPORT is changing the game for the renovation and construction of stadium and other high-quality pitches.
Top performing varieties
Barenbrug’s ELITE SPORT product has been re-formulated for 2024 to include the top three varieties in BSPB Table S1 Turfgrass Seed 2024, including the new Altivo for the first time.
Barzico holds the coveted #1 position, trialled under winter sports wear simulation at 25mm height of cut. The cultivar originates from Barenbrug’s Dutch breeding station and is a very strong all-round ryegrass suitable for many applications. Visually, it is mid-fine, extremely dense with a medium green colour.
Altivo, ranked #2 and brand new for 2024, is an exciting new addition with a broad range of beneficial traits. Early spring growth and high recovery are of particular note.
Barbasten is ranked #3. It is a true winter sports cultivar from Holland, coarser in leaf, paler green and exceptinally active in winter/spring recovery, Barbasten brings additional Drechslera leaf spot tolerance to the product.
The unparalelled wear tolerance of the top three varieties is balanced with the French, early-heading Barcristalla, which delivers additional disease tolerance and deep green genetic colour. This cements ELITE SPORT as the market-leading grass seed mixture of its type, designed for elite winter sport stadiums and pitches.
Features & benefits
Every elite squad should have the perfect combination of characterises. Our ELITE SPORT seed mix blends four of the toughest, most hardwearing perennial ryegrasses into a top performing team.
High wear tolerance and recovery
The mixture is formulated primarily on performance in the BSPB/STRI Turfgrass Seed 2024 booklet Table S1 for sports pitch wear simulation. All four cultivars are highly ranked, including the #1, #2 and #3 - ranked varieties, which means ELITE SPORT comfortably has the UK’s highest ‘mixture score’ of 7.82.
Camera-friendly colour
Barcristalla is a key variety in ELITE SPORT, with a much darker genetic colour than other top varieties.