Green Baize Grass Seed
Green Baize Grass Seed is a premium professional fine turf mixture developed for bowling greens, golf greens and croquet lawns where exceptional surface quality and consistent performance are essential. Carefully formulated using elite Chewings Fescue, Slender Creeping Red Fescue and Browntop Bent, this specialist blend produces an exceptionally fine, dense sward capable of maintaining outstanding playing characteristics under intensive management.
Designed for greenkeepers, bowling clubs, golf clubs and sports turf professionals, Green Baize Grass Seed delivers the refined turf quality demanded by modern fine turf management. The carefully selected cultivars provide excellent shoot density, allowing the surface to remain smooth and true while tolerating the very close mowing heights required for championship-standard bowling and golf greens.
The premium formulation consists of:
- 20% Nikky Chewings Fescue
- 25% Smirna Slender Creeping Red Fescue
- 35% Trophy Chewings Fescue
- 20% Jorvik Browntop Bent
Each species contributes important performance characteristics. Chewings Fescue creates a dense, fine-leaved turf with excellent visual quality, while Slender Creeping Red Fescue improves surface uniformity and resilience. Browntop Bent significantly enhances shoot density and allows the turf to tolerate extremely low mowing heights, producing the smooth, fast playing surfaces expected on professional greens.
Green Baize Grass Seed is ideally suited to:
- Bowling greens
- Golf greens
- Croquet lawns
- Practice putting greens
- Fine ornamental turf
- Golf course renovation
- Prestige landscape projects
- Overseeding established greens
A major advantage of Green Baize Grass Seed is its excellent disease resistance. The carefully selected cultivars have been chosen not only for turf quality but also for their ability to withstand common turf diseases, helping maintain healthy, attractive surfaces throughout the growing season. Combined with excellent tolerance to close mowing, this creates a reliable and long-lasting playing surface capable of meeting the demands of intensive sports turf management.
The dense growth habit also naturally suppresses weed invasion while maintaining excellent year-round colour and presentation. Under a professional maintenance programme including regular mowing, aeration, scarification and top dressing, the turf develops exceptional density and consistency, providing years of dependable performance.
As part of the professional Designer grass seed range, Green Baize Grass Seed benefits from high purity and germination standards together with HEADSTART® GOLD seed treatment, promoting faster establishment, stronger root development and healthier seedlings. This ensures rapid establishment and excellent long-term persistence under UK growing conditions.
Whether establishing a new bowling green, renovating an existing golf green or creating a premium croquet lawn, Green Baize Grass Seed delivers professional-quality results with exceptional fineness, durability and playing performance.
Sowing & Establishment
Sow Green Baize Grass Seed from March to May or late August to October, when soil temperatures remain above 8°C.
Prepare a fine, level and firm seedbed by removing weeds, stones and debris. Sow evenly at the recommended rate of 35 g per square metre, lightly rake the seed into the surface and gently roll to ensure excellent seed-to-soil contact. Maintain consistent moisture during germination and early establishment.
Growing On
Fine fescues establish steadily while the Browntop Bent develops exceptional shoot density and improves surface smoothness.
Commence mowing when the grass reaches approximately 40–50 mm, gradually reducing the cutting height over several weeks until the required maintenance height is achieved. Never remove more than one-third of the leaf blade during any single mowing operation.
Apply balanced fine turf fertilisers where appropriate and irrigate during prolonged dry weather to maintain healthy growth.
Ongoing Maintenance
Maintain Green Baize Grass Seed at approximately 5 mm to achieve optimum playing performance on bowling and golf greens.
Regular aeration, scarification, top dressing and autumn overseeding will preserve turf density, improve drainage and maintain the smooth, true playing surface expected of professional greens.
Why Choose Green Baize Grass Seed?
Green Baize Grass Seed has been developed for sports turf professionals requiring exceptional fine turf performance. Its carefully selected blend of elite Chewings Fescues, Slender Creeping Red Fescue and Browntop Bent produces an exceptionally dense, fine-leaved sward with outstanding tolerance to close mowing and excellent disease resistance.
Ideal for bowling clubs, golf clubs and croquet lawns, this premium mixture provides outstanding shoot density, excellent surface uniformity and long-term durability. Enhanced with HEADSTART® GOLD seed treatment, it establishes quickly and develops into a professional-quality playing surface capable of meeting the highest standards of modern fine turf management.
Key Features
- Premium fine turf grass seed mixture
- Designed for bowling greens, golf greens and croquet lawns
- Dense, fine-leaved professional turf
- Excellent close mowing tolerance
- Outstanding disease resistance
- High shoot density for smooth playing surfaces
- Contains elite Chewings Fescues, Slender Creeping Red Fescue and Browntop Bent
- Treated with HEADSTART® GOLD
- Recommended sowing rate 35 g/m²
- Recommended mowing height 5 mm
Information
Pack Size: 20kg
Sowing Rate: 35-50g/m2
Cutting Height: 5mm
