iSeed® - the Intelligent Way of Improving Establishment

Ji Fescue Product Formulation: 61% seed : 12.2% N : 2.4% P

Sow @ 45-80g/m²
Oversow @ 20-40g/m²

• 100% fine fescue blend ideal for sustainable managements programs.
• Top rated, proven cultivars.
• Drought tolerant and highly resistant to disease.
• Shade tolerant.
• Reduced fretiliser and water requirements.
• TurfGuard treated.

Mixture

%	Cultivar	Species	STRI Rating
25%	Musica	Chewings Fescue	8.0
25%	Carioca	Chewings Fescue	7.2
50%	Cezanne	Slender Creeping Red Fescue	7.8

iSeed® - Feeds The Seeds. Not The Weeds!

• Improved seeding results, guaranteed!
• Faster and more uniform emergence.
• Up to 34% more plants, up to 85% longer roots.
• Reduced Poa annua and weed levels.
• Increased wear tolerance.
• Targeted nutrient application (Feeding the seed, not the weeds).
• Quick release phosphorus, enhancing root growth.
• Quick release nitrogen, enhancing leaf grow.
• Slow release nitrogen, prolonging these effects.
• Environmentally friendly (reduced losses of fertilizer to the environment).
• Labour saving and cost effective.

iSeed®: Years of research and development

Our world is changing quickly, customers are always looking for the best solutions and high quality grass seed products. However they are also looking to reduce inputs of herbicides, fertilisers and water to preserve our environment. The R&D department of DLF TRIFOLIUM has been working on products that need lower inputs for a long time and several years ago began collaboration with the Yara fertilizer company. The aim of which was to combine the best grass seed genetics with all the nutrients needed by a seedling in a single coating, so as to improve the establishment of the plant but also reduce inputs. After substantial laboratory, greenhouse and user trials, iSeed® was developed and has subsequently been successfully tested in user trials in many European countries.

Visibly improved sward quality
Field experiments carried out by the STRI, Bingley (UK) showed the excellent effects of iSeed®. Early establishment was considerably improved. The report indicates that “iSeed® had a long lasting positive effect on turf quality” and “the effect of iSeed® was an increase in growth, as reflected by the height measurements.”

Increased wear tolerance and less weeds

Improved wear tolerance was observed in trials at the breeding station, and on real sports pitches in Hierden (NL). The results from the breeding station at Moerstraten (NL) demonstrate an increase in wear tolerance by 9% (see graph below). Interestingly, the effects of higher sowing rates and iSeed® add to each other! The improved establishment at the start, meant that the iSeed® pitches started with higher, stronger plant levels, and lower Poa annua levels.

As the season progressed this improved start could be clearly seen as the number of plants in the iSeed® pitch remained at a higher level. The higher density and stronger plants improved the wear tolerance during the whole of the season. With the sward being denser and suffering less damage, the Poa annua level in the iSeed® pitch was still considerably lower at the end of the soccer season. In turf grower trials f.e., iSeed® was completely free of Poa annua, whereas the control fields contained 2.5 – 5.0% of Poa annua plants.



Environmentally friendly, saving labour, cost effective

The nitrogen and phosphate in iSeed® are up to four times more efficient compared to broadcast applied ordinary fertilizers. With iSeed®, the key nutrients are attached to the germinating seed and developing roots, The roots and shoots grow rapidly and the seedlings become strong and vigorous. This improves the use of all the available soil nutrients and decreases nutrient losses into the environment by fixation or leaching.