Reveille- Warm Season Information

Reveille Warm
Season Information

WARM-SEASON (C_{4) Turfgrasses}	Bermudagrass _{Cynodon dactylon}	Buffalograss _{Buchole dactyloides}	Seashore Paspalum _{Paspalum vaginatum}	_{Reveille Texas Bluegrass}_{Poa arachnifera x pratensis}	St. Augustinegrass_{Stenotaphrum secondatum}	Zoysiagrass_{Zoysia japonica,(wide leaf) Z. matrella,(med leaf) Z. tenufolia (fine leaf)}
_{Cultivated varieties (cultivars) as of 2001}		₁₀	₅	₁	₂₀	₁₄
_{Seeds / pound}	_{1.5 million}	_340,000	_n/a	_{1.6 to 2 million}	_450,000	_{1 million}

Description
_{Leaf texture}	_{medium to fine (1.5 - 3 mm)}	_{fine (1 - 3 mm)}	_medium	_{Medium fine}	_{coarse (4 - 10 mm)}	_{medium to fine (1 - 4 mm)}
_{Growth habit}	_{rhizomes & stolons}	_stolons	_{stolons, rhizomes}	_{strong rhizomes}	_stolons	_{rhizomes & stolons}
_{Polystand compatibility}	_medium	_poor	_poor	_good	_poor	_poor

Environmental Adaptation
_{Heat hardiness}	_excellent	_excellent	_excellent	_{good/excellent}	_excellent	_excellent
_{Cold hardiness}	_poor	_{fair to medium}	_poor	_excellent	_poor	_{medium to very poor}
_{Killing Temperature (F^o)}	^₁₉		^₁₉		^₂₃	^₆
^{_{Drought resistance}}	^_excellent	^_excellent	^_excellent	^_good	^_fair	^_good
^{_{Shade adaptation}}	^_poor	^_poor	^{_{fair to good}}	^_good	^_excellent	^{_{fair to good}}
^{_{Salt tolerance}}	^_good	^_fair	^_excellent	^_fair	^_excellent	^_good
^{_{Wear tolerance}}	^_good	^_medium	^_good	^_medium	^_medium	^_excellent
^{_{Recruperative potential}}	^_excellent	^_good	^_good	^_good	^_good	^_excellent
^{_{Submersion tolerance}}	^_excellent	^_excellent	^_good	^_good	^_excellent	^_excellent

Establishment
^{_{Pounds of Seed/1,000 sq. ft.}}	^{_{2 to 3}}	^{_{0.5 to 1}}	^_n/a	^{_{1 to 2}}	^{_{0.5 to 1}}	^{_{2 to 4}}
^{_{Optimum Temperature for germination (Fo)}}	^_68-95	^_68-95	^_n/a	^_60-90	^_n/a	^_68-95
^{_{Establishment method}}	^{_{seeded / vegetative}}	^{_{seeded / vegetative}}	^_vegetative	^{_{seed/vegetative}}	^_vegetative	^{_{seeded/vegetative}}
^{_{Establishment rate}}	^_excellent	^_medium	^_poor	^_good	^_good	^_poor
^{_{Days to germinate}}	^_14-21	^_14-21	^_n/a	^_14-21	^_n/a	^_21-28
^{_{Growth rate}}	^_good-fast	^_good-fast	^_slow-good	^{_{slow to good}}	^{_{medium fast}}	^{_{slow to fast}}
^{_{Days to first mowing}}	^_14-21	^_30-45	^_60-90	^_60-90	^_n/a	^_45-60+
^{_{Sod formation}}	^_excellent	^_good	^_good	^_excellent	^_excellent	^_excellent

Cultural Requirements
^_pH	^{_{5.5 to 7.5}}	^{_{6.0 to 7.5}}	^{_{5.5 to 7.5}}	^_5.5-8.5	^{_{5.0 to 8.0}}	^{_{5.0 to 7.0}}
^{_{Cultural (maintenance) intensity}}	^_high	^_low	^_medium	^{_{low to medium}}	^_medium	^_medium
^{_{Cutting height (inches)}}	^{_{0.125 to 3.0}}	^{_{0.5 to 3.0}}	^{_{0.1 to 2.0}}	^_.75-3	^{_{0.75 to 4.0}}	^{_{0.2 to 2.5}}
^{_{Mowing frequency (days)}}	^{_{1 to 5}}	^{_{3 to 14}}	^{_{1 to 7}}	^{_{7 to 14}}	^{_{7 to 14}}	^{_{1 to 14}}
^{_{Nitrogen (lbs/1000/month)}}	^{_{0.8 to 1.3}}	^{_{0.1 to 0.4}}	^{_{0.3 to 1.0}}	^_.10-.25	^{_{0.5 to 1.0}}	^{_{0.2 to 1.0}}
^{_{Moisture / irrigation}}	^_low	^_low	^_high	^_medium	^_high	^_low
^{_{Evapotranspiration rate (ET) (mm d-1)}}	^{_{6 - 7}}	^{_{< 6}}	^{_{2.5 - 8.5}}	^_3.6-6.3	^{_{7 - 8.5}}	^{_{6 - 7}}
^{_{Need For Detatching}}	^_high	^_low	^_medium	^_low	^_high	^_high

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