We supplied Tahoma 31 in June of 2024 for the Kansas City Chiefs football training facility! Also in 2024 a Top of the Rock golf course renovation and 3Bird golf training facility. 2023 we sodded 16 acres of Tahoma 31 at the Woodson Park series of Athletic fields in OKC, OK. Also we did a 30-acre Tahoma 31® fairway renovation at Gaillardia County Club, installed Tahoma 31® on the new Rugby field at Southern Nazarene University, and sprigged Tahoma 31® on the fairways of Kickingbird Golf Club. You can also find Tahoma 31® at the USA Softball Hall of Fame Stadium, the turf track at the Kentucky Derby, the Arkansas Razorbacks football field, Southern Hills in Tulsa where the recent PGA Championship was held, Lincoln Financial Field, home of the Philadelphia Eagles.
We supply our sand based Tahoma 31 to The “Palace on the Prairie”, Owen field, home of OU Sooner football!
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Ranks #1 In the Following Categories In NTEP & University Testing
Research Results
- Cold Tolerance: Winter Survivability
- Low Water Use
- Exceptional Turf Quality
- Early Spring Green-Up
- Shade Tolerance
- Traffic Tolerance
| CULTIVAR | % WINTER KILL, MEAN SCORES IN & KY, 2014 – 2017 |
|---|---|
| Tahoma 31 | 14.5 |
| Iron Cutter | 48.7 |
| Latitude 36 | 57.3 |
| TifTuf | 88.3 |
#1 in Cold Tolerance: Winter Survivability
The winter of 2013 – 2014 swept a polar vortex into the Midwest that created record-low temperatures. Dr. Cale Bigelow, a professor of turf science and ecology at Purdue University, located in West Lafayette, Indiana, participated in the NTEP study. In a December 2019 article in Golf Course Management magazine, Dr. Bigelow was quoted as saying only 9 of 42 bermudagrasses tested survived with at least 50% ground cover by spring. Some 14 of the grasses completely died. By the end of the NTEP study, Tahoma 31® was rated by far with the greatest winter survivability in Indiana at only 4% winter kill. Mean scores in two states where winter survivability was measured, Indiana & Kentucky, confirmed Tahoma 31’s top status in the three-year study period, 2014 – 2017.
| CULTIVAR | ET RATE |
|---|---|
| Tahoma 31® | 4.06 e |
| Northbridge | 4.29 cde |
| Tifway 419 | 4.54 bcd |
| Latitude 36 | 4.59 bc |
| Premier | 4.63 b |
| Celebration | 4.77 ab |
| TifTuf | 4.95 a |
#1 in Shade Tolerance
In tests that measured evapotranspiration rates (mm d-1) under non-limiting soil moisture conditions in Oklahoma (Amgain et al., 2018), Tahoma 31® fared best, while TifTuf used the most water. Overall, Tahoma 31 used 18% less water than TifTuf.
#1 in Traffic Tolerance
Tahoma 31® exhibits excellent traffic tolerance compared to all other bermudagrass cultivars tested.
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