Summary
Turf Saver® RTF® is the most advanced and unique tall fescue blend available, providing the benefits of rhizomes not found in any other varieties. While other spreading varieties describe “potential” rhizome development or “aggressive tillering,” the deep-rooted and heat-tolerant Turf Saver RTF has been proven to mend damaged turf and maintain both uniformity and density.
RTF is the only Tall Fescue with true rhizomes. Rhizomes help RTF quickly fill in damaged and bare spots in your turf with new shoots of grass. This results in less over-seeding, fewer weed problems and no wide-leafed ugly clumps of grass like other tall fescues can form. RTF’s extensive root system has the ability to draw moisture from a deep soil profile, which helps it use less water and makes it adaptable in a wide range of soils. It has excellent heat and drought tolerance, with less irrigation. A New Mexico State University trial proved RTF maintained high turf quality with 30% less water.
- Additional Features:
- Excellent disease resistance and insect tolerance
- Produces a thick, durable lawn with improved turf density
- Also available as sod through the RTF Producers Association
- Self repairing tall fescue turf
- Ideal for many golf course turf applications, including club house grounds
- A blend featuring 40% RTF varieties combined with two high quality turf-type tall fescues
- Including BarRobusto: a dark green tall fescue with high brown patch resistance and above average drough tolerance.
- Includes Bonfire: a high NTEP ranking tall fescue
- Quick to establish with very good uniformity and density
- Strong traffic tolerance — the only self-repairing tall fescue seed mixture available
- Extensive, deep root system
- Saves 30% water over other cool season grasses
- Strong disease resistance and insect tolerance
Also available in RTF sod!
Plant Characteristics
Taxonomy
Zone
- Regional Growing Zone
- 1 - Northwest Coastal, 3 - Southern Mountain, 5 - Midwest, 6 - Northeast Lakes, 7 - Great Lakes South, 8 - Appalacia
- USDA Plant Hardiness Zones
- 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
- Temperature Zone
- Cool, Transitional
Plant Characteristics
- Leaf Color
- Green
- Growing Cycle
- Perennial
- Sun Requirement
- Full Sun, Shade
Plant Information
- Planting Season
- Spring - Fall
- Plant Depth
- 0.25" - 0.5"
- Establishment
- Easy
Seed Information
- Seeds Per Pound
- 227,000
- Kingdom
- PLANTAE
- Subkingdom
- TRACHEOBIONTA
- Super Division
- SPERMATOPHYTA
- Division
- MAGNOLIOPHYTA
- Class
- LILIOPSIDA
- Subclass
- COMMELINIDAE
- Order
- CYPERALES
- Family
- POACEAE
- Genus
- SCHEDONORUS
- Species
- SCHEDONORUS ARUNDINACEUS
Coverage Area & Available Sizes
Applications
6-8 LBS PER 1000 SQ. FEET
6-8 LBS PER 1000 SQ. FEET
6-8 LBS PER 1000 SQ. FEET