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Monaco™ | Cynodon Dactylon

Nr. 1 solution against drought & heat. Monaco is a synthetic variety produced by the intercrossing of five clonal parent lines which results in superior genetic integrity and seed quality year in and year out.

  • #1 performing variety in 2016 & 2017; traffic tolerance in Lexington, KY

  • Highest seeded turf quality

  • Handles high traffic

  • Very drought tolerant

  • The next generation of Bermudagrass

  • Excellent Density

  • Exceptional wear tolerance

  • High fall color retention

  • Quick spring green up

  • High winter-hardiness

  • Genetically darker green color

  • Yellow Jacket Water Manager inside

Monaco

In turf quality alone, Monaco™ is statistically similar to, or even better than 91% of varieties tested in the 2013 NTEP trials. This includes vegetative types!

Monaco™ is a synthetic variety produced by the intercrossing of five clonal parent lines which results in superior genetic integrity and seed quality year in and year out. A highly ranked variety tested in the 2013 NTEP trials, Monaco possesses a rare combination of traits in exceptional wear tolerance, winter hardiness, and spring green-up. These traits produce a quality grass surface that appears early, withstands amultitude of stresses, and stays late into the year.

USES

Monaco™ can be used as a durable, high quality playing surface in golf courses, sports fields, and parks. It is not recommended to construct a putting green with Monaco™ as a base. Monaco™ also makes a very high quality lawn that can be easily repaired when needed via seed, or used to repair other bermudagrass areas. In terms of matching other varieties, Monaco™ has a medium to dark green color and is similar in leaf texture to vegetative types such as Patriot, Astro, and Celebration.

Turf Quality

VARIETYSCORE
Monaco™6.3
Riviera6.3
Princess 776.0

Drought Tolerance: 2013 NTEP Final Report

VARIETYSCORE
Monaco™ (#1 in NTEP)6.0
Riviera5.4
Princess 775.1
LSD0.6

Traffic Tolerance: 2013-2017 Average

VARIETYSCORE
Monaco™ (#1 in NTEP)63.8%
Riviera60.9%
Princess 7759.2%
LSD0.3

Spring Green-up: 2016 NTEP Trials

VARIETYSCORE
Monaco™ 5.3
Riviera5.2
Yukon4.9
North Shore SLT4.9
Princess 774.7
Numex-Sahara4.6
LSD0.5

The next generation of Bermudagrass
Exclusively from Barenbrug, Monaco™ is continuing the legacy founded by Riviera. Monaco™ is a superior seeded bermudagrass that is excellent for use on golf courses, sports turf, and higher quality lawns. Monaco™ will break dormancy quicker and more effectively while providing a high quality turfgrass stand throughout the growing season. This plant was bred to have a genetically darker green color with excellent density and wear tolerance.

Monaco™ is a high performing bermudagrass in terms of quality and in time. The growing season will not only be extended in the spring, but in the fall as well with its high color retention. Its durable winterhardiness will result in a bermudagrass prepared to restart the process the next spring, delivering consistent conditions year after year.

 

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Yellow Jacket Water Manager inside!
The world’s first Seed Enhancement Technology ensures precisely the right balance of moisture for both optimum germination and establishment. Yellow Jacket Water Manager was developed by Aquatrols in cooperation with Barenbrug. When it is irrigated, the substance used to enhance the seed is released into the soil, where it adheres to grains of sand, creating a Plant Survival Zone. Besides retaining water, this zone also regulates the amount of water around each seed, optimising the growing conditions to guarantee vital grass plants that will develop quickly.

 

Barenbrug Bluemuda®
Barenbrug Bluemuda is the grass concept that provides the most sustainable solution for the transition zone in Europe. In this zone both warm and cool season grasses are active.The combination of bermuda grass (warm season grass) with Resilient Blue® grass technology (cool season grass) offers the solution for bermuda turfgrass that is permanently green all year round.

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Cynodon Dactylon
Often referred to as ‘common’ Bermuda grass, this is a highly variable, warm-season specie within which substantial differences exist in colour, texture, density, vigour, and environmental adaptation. Adapted to a wide range of soil conditions. Although Bermuda grass is generally not very cold tolerant, some newer varieties do tend to adapt well in colder conditions.

Specifications
Name Value
Seeding rate 20 g/m²
Establishment speed Fast
Fertiliser requirement Medium
Speed of Growth Medium
Sowing rate 1-1.5 kg/100 m²
Mowing height From 10 mm
Packaging 5 kg bags
Sowing depth 10 mm
Characteristics
Close mowing tolerance
Higher resistance to diseases
Requires less irrigation
Requires less fertilisers
Requires less mowing
Higher wear tolerance in summer
Higher wear tolerance in winter
Higher ball speeds
Fast establishment
Self-repairing
Higher turf density
Year round green color
Higher salt tolerance