Summary
Get an extra edge on disease with L‐93 XD creeping bentgrass. L‐93 XD was developed and selected under high disease pressure to create a bentgrass with improved tolerance and excellent turf quality. L‐93 XD is tough and beautiful with fine leaf texture and great color.
Adaptation: L‐93 XD is best suited to greens and is adaptable to tees, approaches and fair‐ ways. It thrives across the cool, temperate regions of the world and is adapted well into the transition zone between warm‐ and cool‐ season areas.
NTEP Highlights
You can view L‐93 XD’s performance in the 2014 bentgrass green and fairway tests in the National Turfgrass Evaluation Program (NTEP).
Some 2016 highlights include:
- Quality — #1 California Golf Club of San Francisco greens test, tied #2 Los An‐ geles Country Club greens test, #1 NJ1 greens,tied #2 IN1 greens, tied #2 LPI Group 3 greens, tied #2 LPI Group 1 fairway, tied #3 LPI group 2 fairway
- Dollar Spot — Tied # 2 greens test, #2 fairway test
- Leaf Texture — #1 fairway test
- Density — #3 spring density greens, #2 fall density greens, #2 fall density fairways
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Plant Characteristics
Taxonomy
Zone
- Regional Growing Zone
- 1 - Northwest Coastal, 2 - California Coastal, 3 - Southern Mountain, 4 - Mountain, 5 - Midwest, 6 - Northeast Lakes, 7 - Great Lakes South, 8 - Appalacia, 12 - Southwest
- USDA Plant Hardiness Zones
- 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
- Temperature Zone
- Warm, Cool, Transitional
Plant Characteristics
- Leaf Color
- Green
- Leaf Description
Fine leaf texture.
- Growing Cycle
- Perennial
- Growth Habit
- Stoloniferous
Plant Information
- Planting Season
- Fall - Spring
- Plant Depth
- .25"
Seed Information
- Seeds Per Pound
- 6,000,000
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Subkingdom
- Tracheobionata
- Super Division
- Spermatophyta
- Division
- Magnoliophyta
- Class
- Liliopsida
- Subclass
- Commelinedae
- Order
- Cyperales
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Agrostis L.
- Species
- Agostis stolonifera L.
Coverage Area & Available Sizes
How to Use & Apply
Sowing and maintenance:
Seeding rates:
L-93 is recommended to be used in pure stands and creeping bentgrass blends. For new courses L-93
should be seeded at 1- 1.5 LB/ 1000 sq. ft.
Mowing height L-93 requires frequent mowing and should be mowed at a low height.
Watering
After seeding and establishing L-93 prefers deep watering early in the morning.
Applications
1-1.5 LBS PER 1000 SQUARE FEET
