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4th Millennium SRP TTTF

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#1 ·
After re-reading the current SS1000 seed analysis label, I discovered one of the four TTTF varieties is 4th Millennium SRP. Understand this to be a self repairing type with rhizomes. I'm perfectly fine as such but my question is, if in a high traffic area, is it reasonable to expect 4th Millennium to become the predominant cultivar, slowly spreading/repairing?
 
#2 ·
You'd have to try it and see what happens, unless someone else has used it under those conditions and can answer...

The thing is, TTTF is really traffic sensitive until it's well established, so you really have to be able to withhold traffic until it's well on its way to being established, next Spring. This is what the pros recommend: https://sturf.lib.msu.edu/article/2012jul8a.pdf
 
#3 ·
Here's an interesting real world test on "rhizomateous" TTTF. They tested 5 "rhizome" producing TTTF cultivars against midnight KBG. https://seedsuperstore.wordpress.com/2012/09/18/does-tall-fescue-spread/

The general gist is that the rhizomes are very short, so in real life it is tillering aggressively but not really spreading. It may outcompete other grasses in a small area, but it isn't going to go through and push out other cultivars in your lawn.

My take after reading that is that the RZ TTTF will probably reduce your need for overseeding, but it isn't going to self repair the way a KBG cultivar will.