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Wintergreen
Wintergreen Couch (Cyndon Dactylon)
There are many types of green couches on the market today and we have grown quite a few of them, with our experience we find there is little difference between them so now we only grow the one variety which is Wintergreen. This is a hybrid variety developed for the sport fields but as it grows very quickly here in Queensland, we are able to grow several crops per year which makes it a cheaper grass variety and hence it's used in the building trade widely. It's fast grow rate, high fertilizer usage, lack of shade ability and attraction to army worm doesn't make it entirely suitable for the domestic situation.
Harding wearing suitable for sport fields, schools- Drought tolerant
- Fine leaf texture
- Likes to be mown very short
- Cost effective for large areas
- Excellent chemical tolerance
TYPES OF TURF GRASS GROWN BY DALEYS TURF
| YEAR | VARIETY | BACKGROUND | COMMENTS | REMOVED FROM PRODUCTION |
| 1993 | Wintergreen Couch | Hybrid-green couch | Good value for performance | Still Growing |
| 1994 | Greenlees Park Couch | Hybrid-green couch | Close to WG but found to require more fertilizer | 1998 |
| 1996 | Qld Blue Couch | From Miriam Vale Qld | Good colour, too many problems | 2009 |
| 1997 | ST - 85 | St Augustine(soft leaf) | Lost colour in winter, thatchy, touchy | 2002 |
| 1998 | Riley's Super Sport | Greenlees-green X | Very aggressive, hungry, matty | 2001 |
| 1999 | Centec | Centipede | Turned purple in winter | 2001 |
| 1999 | ZT-11 | Zoysia | Thick, dormant in winter, rust, difficult to handle | 2004 |
| 1999 | ST -91 | St Augustine-fine leaf | not hardy, not tolerant, look good | 2002 |
| 200 | Tropica | Blue X S.African | Difficult to mow, thin, high growth | 2005 |
| 2001 | Sir Walter | St.Augustine | Versatile, good performer | Still Growing |
All the above varieties have been grown in commercial quantities
OTHER VAREITIES THAT HAVE BEEN TRIALED
Native Grasses Sweet Smother, Carpet grass, Kikuyu, Aussie Blue
Couch Like Varieties Conquest, CT2, Plateau, ZT-94, Empire, Empress
Soft Leaf Buffalo Varieties ST-15, ST-26, Sapphire, Palmetto, Kings Pride, shademaster, soft leaf buffalo, Coast Buff, shade invader
Salt Tolerant Varieties Velvetene, Seashore paspalum,
