Appearance

TIGER NOVA is an improved dark green, elite colonial bentgrass with a distinctive upright crown growth habit and a very fine texture. In contrast to "Highland types" which have unattractive broad stolons, TIGER NOVA has prolific slender stolons. TIGER NOVA does not exhibit false crowning as many common colonial bentgrass varieties do. TIGER NOVA is a top performing bentgrass for fairways, tees and greens.

Usage

TIGER NOVA has been developed for elite LHC turf surfaces on golf course greens (cool temperature climates), tees and fairways. It is very compatible in turfgrass mixtures and responds well to low levels of nitrogen. It requires less mowing, watering, and verticutting than improved Creeping Bentgrass. It provides better cool weather performance in winter overseeding programmes.

Disease resistance

Resistance to red thread was excellent in the UK Bingley trials. In the US NTEP trials it showed good resistance to dollar spot and Fusarium patch.