[Seeking_Turf]

Thanks for all the great information!!

 

[fusebox7]

@Green - yes Harrier has been observed to spread away from the parent plant, though very closely as you've noted. I'd consider it "extended tillering" as it's nowhere near the robust rhizome development and length that KBG plants have.

 

[fusebox7]

I actually just ordered some more Champion GQ for quick repair needs in some areas I'm expanding the yard into near the woods. Same cultivars listed as you. CGQ is always known to have at least 2 spreading types.

 

[Green]

I actually just ordered some more Champion GQ for quick repair needs in some areas I'm expanding the yard into near the woods. Same cultivars listed as you. CGQ is always known to have at least 2 spreading types.

Where did you purchase if I might ask?
And do you mean they always try to include two spreading varieties out of the three? I'm currently using up the last of my old bag.

 

[fusebox7]

@Green I've always purchased Champion GQ from Hancock Seed in Florida. Always had a good experience dealing with them. Maybe I didn't mean to say what I did but in the 3-4 bags of CGQ I've purchased in the past I've found at least 2 of each of the 3 cultivars to be noted as spreading types (whether in marketing or field studies). In this case we know Harrier and SR4650 are definitely spreaders. Don't know much about Cutter 2 but supposedly is very hardy and "vigorous".

 

[Green]

@fusebox7, it does sound like Cutter II may be a spreader, too.

Mine has SR4600, SR4420, and Zoom.

I guess DLF Pickseed owns SRO. Cutter II is branded under Pickseed.

I noticed DLF also has a cultivar called Hancock. I would not be surprised if it's named after Hancock Seed. Just a guess. I guess in Northen Florida, they use PR for Winter overseeding in Bermuda golf courses. In South Florida there's no need for that, as Bermuda and other warm season grasses stay fairly green all Winter, since temps are still in the 60s to 80s during the day and mostly 60s at night.

 

[Muddysneakers77]

I ordered and planted a few weeks ago, some champion GQ, from Hancock, in Florida. 2 of the 3 were Harrier 4650 iirc and one other. Took 9 days to germinate and I was mowing it 3 weeks. It is the darkest, most beautiful emerald green I have seen in grass. Thick and healthy. Buying more in the fall to overseed my old lawn.

 

[fusebox7]

I noticed DLF also has a cultivar called Hancock. I would not be surprised if it's named after Hancock Seed. Just a guess.

Maybe... seems like "Hancock" is a pretty popular surname in the turf industry. MSU has Hancock Turfgrass Research Center, for example. I still need to get over there and make some friends since it's right down the road from me