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Rhizomatous Tall Fescue, or RTF, is gaining in popularity with local retail chains and radio talk show hosts. But buyer beware: RTF may not be as green and lush as they make it sound.
Many backyard gardeners and farmers still use Kentucky 31 tall fescue for the lawn. It is a tough, drought resistance grass and is also a favorite to seed down football and other athletic fields ...
RTF, or rhizomatous tall fescue, is also getting a lot of press. In research trials at Kansas State University, the rhizome development in these varieties is not substantial.
The success was nominal at best, since creeping red fescue is rhizomatous and is slow to mature at mowing heights necessary for fairways. Moving forward, agronomists switched to chewing fescue, which ...
Tall fescue (Festuca arundinacea) is a widely cultivated cool-season turfgrass and forage species worldwide, thriving best between 15°C and 25°C. Temperatures above 35°C can cause irreversible ...