Variety Description:
JET is a very dark blue-green
variety that produces a fine textured attractive turf. JET
has shown excellent fall performance, winter color
retention, shade tolerance, and good performance under low
maintenance conditions for a perennial ryegrass. It
has also exhibited excellent disease resistance, and
excellent performance as an overseeding perennial ryegrass
in the south. JET forms a very fine dense
turf with a superior summer leaf spot and crown rust
resistance along with outstanding heat tolerance
JET exhibits many of the
same excellent quality performance characteristics of
Pennington's other top perennial ryegrass varieties with
the added benefit of superior Summer Leaf Spot and Crown
Rust resistance.
Sowing and Establishment
Recommendations:
In warm climates, JET tends
to perform as an annual. It will last longer into
the Spring than Annual ryegrass. Lime soil to 6.0 pH
and follow soil test recommendations for fertilization.
Under ideal conditions, germination begins in 6 days.
If overseeding, care must be taken to ensure adequate seed
to soil contact. Sow at the following rates –
