TifGrand Certified Bermuda

Although Germany took home the trophy for the 20th FIFA World Cup held in Brazil this past summer, the competitive stage also spotlighted TifGrand Bermudagrass, a turfgrass cultivar developed by the University of Georgia, released to the public in 2010 and licensed to growers by The Turfgrass Group. In one of its April 2014 blog…

TifGrand is “off the charts in terms of texture, density, color and traffic wear,” according to Tony Mancuso, CGCS, superintendent at Cherokee Towne and Country Club in Atlanta. After replacing Tifway 419 with TifGrand in shady spots on his course, he was so pleased with TifGrand’s performance, he then introduced it on collar, collection areas…

In 2012, the Tifway 419 surface of Robert F. Kennedy Stadium (RFK) in Washington, D.C. was regrassed with TifGrand Bermudagrass. For Willie Leak, the field renovation was just one of the iconic stadium’s many milestones that he has witnessed during his 50-year career of maintaining RFK’s playing surface. The January 2014 issue of SportsTurf magazine…

View a great television commercial from our Hawaiian producer Sean Fong at Hawaiian Turfgrass…   TifGrand from IMF VISIONS on Vimeo.

Mr. Leon Warren             Drs. Travis Gannon and Fred Yelverton In many cases, controlling winter weeds in the dead of winter is not a great idea.  Once cold weather sets in, winter weed growth slows down significantly.  Even nonselective herbicides struggle to kill weeds such as henbit, annual bluegrass and…