Combat Extreme™ Northern Zone - Tall Fescue & Kentucky Bluegrass Seed

Combat Extreme™ Northern Zone - This tall fescue and Kentucky Bluegrass mix produces fine to medium leaf blades which allows a dense turf to form. This grass seed mix uses lower-growing cultivars which means that mowing requirements and clipping yields can be reduced up to 30 percent. Combat Extreme™ Northern Zone grass seed establishes rapidly when soil temperatures are above 55 degrees Fahrenheit. The varieties of turf type fescue grass were selected due to their ability to withstand hot summer temperatures as well as cold and harsh winters in USDA Zones 4 - 5. Combat Extreme™ Northern Zone grass seed has improved germination which allows it to establish more quickly than other varieties and its lower growth habit significantly reduces the amount of top growth. It does extremely well in full sun or partial shade in USDA Zones 4 - 5. Combat Extreme™ Northern Zone grass has the addition of Kentucky Bluegrass for extra cold tolerance and turf density. Combat Extreme™ Northern Zone grass seed an excellent choice for professional or home use.

Three Combat Blends To Optimize Varieties:

• Combat Extreme™ Northern Zone - USDA Zones 4 - 5
• Combat Extreme™ Transition Zone - USDA Zones 6 - 7
• Combat Extreme™ Southern Zone - USDA Zones 8 - 10

Each Combat Extreme mixture will perform well outside of the given zone. For example, there is no reason you could not use Combat Extreme™ Transition Zone in USDA Zone 8 or Combat Extreme™ Northern Zone in USDA 6. These USDA Zones are given as optimal guidelines, but not as fixed rules.Combat Extreme™ grass seed is one of the few tall fescue grass lawn seed blends available that is 100% weed free!

This lawn seed for cold weather mix consists of 90% turf type fescue and 10% Kentucky bluegrass by weight. By seed count, this is nearly a 50/50 blend. It will contain 2 out of the 5 turf type fescues listed below and Midnight Kentucky Bluegrass.

• Jamboree Turf Type Fescue Grass
• Chanelle Turf Type Fescue Grass
• Roman Turf Type Tall Fescue Grass
• Starfire II Turf Type Tall Fescue Grass
• Barbarian Turf Type Tall Fescue Grass
• Midnight Kentucky Bluegrass
• Blue Chip Kentucky Bluegrass

Seed size is much larger for turf fescue than Kentucky Bluegrass; therefore, by weight this is a 90%/10% fescue/bluegrass blend, but by seed count it is a pretty equal blend.

Unlike other turf type tall fescue grass seeds, Combat Extreme has the ability to repair itself. Traditional tall fescue grass will clump together, not filling in the bare spots and producing an uneven lawn. With bare spots, weeds are more apt to take over the lawn. What makes Combat Extreme™ Northern Zone grass seed unique is its ability to fill in these open areas with through aggressive tillering.

Jamboree turf type fescue grass was developed for areas with high traffic requiring low maintenance. Jamboree will maintain its superior turf quality under less than optimum conditions. It has exceptional resistance to Brown Patch disease. It is widely adapted to varying climatic conditions. Jamboree is a top choice for home lawns, parks and playing fields. Jamboree is recommended for permanent turf in full or partial shade on golf course roughs, out-of-bounds areas and low maintenance sites. It can be used in poly-specie grass seed mixtures maintained at a moderate height of cut. Can be used in dry temperate regions in addition to hot and humid regions with excellent results.

Chanelle fescue grass is an exceptionally dark green tall fescue. Chanelle is a quick establishing grass with great drought tolerance and good winter hardiness. It will perform well with any top rate fescues in home lawns, park settings, sports fields, or anywhere a permanent high quality turf is desired. Chanelle works well in full sun in the North half of the U.S. or partial shade in the Southern half of the U.S.

It is a rugged variety that performs well in a wide variety of soil types and management regimes without sacrificing turf quality. It has excellent drought performance. Roman is durable for high traffic and has good shade and cold tolerance as well.

The quality level of these varieties sets a new milestone with finer leaf texture and increased shoot density yet not compromising the wear tolerance. There are no limits to the use of these varieties for mixtures for sports, amenity or extensive purposes - in the private sphere, public areas or for turf professionals!

Probably the most outstanding feature of Midnight Kentucky bluegrass is its unusually dark blue-green color giving it a rich color even under low maintenance conditions. Its high tiller density provides a thick carpet that will stand up to the abuses of athletic fields and high traffic. Sod producers and homeowners alike will enjoy Midnight's dwarf growth characteristics which result in fewer mowings and lower maintenance costs. This outstanding cultivar shows good resistance to leaf spot and stem rust, stripe smut and dollar spot. University trials have documented Midnight's heat and drought tolerance. Kentucky Bluegrass is recommended for use on athletic fields, golf courses, sod blends, parks, professional landscaped, and home lawns areas where Kentucky bluegrass is adapted. Midnight is one of the elite and top selling Kentucky Bluegrasses on the market today. Blue Chip is a Midnight type of Kentucky Bluegrass with the same characteristics.

Another great feature of Kentucky bluegrass is its extreme cold tolerance. That is why we have added it to our regular Combat Extreme blend for the USDA Zones 4-5 where cold tolerance can be of the utmost importance. Bluegrass blends well with turf type fescue and makes it softer in appearance and more dense. Midnight Kentucky bluegrass was also developed with quick establishment in mind. It is wear tolerant and repairs itself by rhizomes and tillering improving its turf density.

Self-repairing turf	Fills in open areas in the lawn by means of tillering Knits the lawn grass together Quickly fills in damaged or open spots with new shoots of grass
Strong, deep root system	Ability to draw its moisture from a deep profile Excellent drought and heat tolerant with less irrigation Excellent in the transition zone climate
Produces a thick even lawn grass	Ability to repair itself – repairs open areas within a lawn Strong tillering fills in and keeps grass thick
Excellent color and disease resistant	Withstands stressful weather conditions Holds its rich green color, even through winter’s low temperatures
Rapid germination and quick spring green-up	Quickly establishing grass seed Early spring green-up – have a greener lawn earlier in the spring then other grass seeds
Higher value for the home owner than conventional tall fescue grass seed	Ordinary tall fescue grass seeds require maintenance from over-seeding, weed problems, and clumps. Combat Extreme™ Cold Climate grass seed results in less over-seeding, fewer weed problems and no "wide-leafed ugly clumps" of tall fescue plants in open areas.

 

Mixing varieties together that have top performance on some of the desired characteristics allows the lawn to adapt itself to various conditions. In the shady areas, the grass seed varieties with good shade tolerance will prevail, in the high traffic areas the best wear tolerant grass seed varieties will prevail, etc. The result is a beautiful lawn grass everywhere, from the same grass seed blend.

Combat Extreme™ grass seed sets a new standard for home lawns. Not only is the Combat Extreme™ Northern Zone grass seed a blend of top performing seed varieties, now it has the ability to repair itself through outstanding tillering characteristics as well as requiring less water and fertilizer. That is why Combat Extreme™ Northern Zone grass seed is the only seed you’ll ever need! In our opinion, this is the best grass that we carry (for durability and hardiness) and the best tall fescue and bluegrass mix on the market today!

• New turf: Sow 6 - 8 pounds Combat grass seed per 1,000 square feet or 240 - 320 lbs/acre for broadcast seeding
• Over-seeding: Sow 3 - 4 pounds Combat Extreme™ cold climate grass seed per 1,000 square feet or 120 - 160 lbs per acre for broadcast over-seeding
• Plant cold climate grass seed when soil temperature reaches 55 degrees in spring up until a minimum of 6 weeks before frost in fall