Turf Merchants Grass Seeds Chosen For DOT
November 7, 2016 at 9:51 am | Posted in General by Curtis WilliamsTMI has been working on improving the salt tolerance of its cool season grasses for more than 10 years. A sustainable grass of the future must possess extremely high levels of saline resistance due to the increased ...
Rain Continues To Soak The Willamette Valley
October 21, 2016 at 1:32 pm | Posted in General by Curtis WilliamsThe mid-Willamette Valley received a whopping 5.36 inches of rain from Wednesday through Monday morning, and it hasn’t stopped yet this week.Oregon State University’s Hyslop Research Farm, which sits halfway between ...
Turf Type Tall Fescue Gaining In Popularity
October 19, 2016 at 10:51 am | Posted in General by Curtis WilliamsWe continue to be astounded by the adaptation and consumption of Turf Type Tall Fescue. While it replaced Perennial Ryegrass as the number 1 grass seed crop in Oregon several years ago, it continues to replace ...
Green Grass Can Still Provide Water Savings
October 12, 2016 at 11:03 am | Posted in General by Curtis WilliamsLike so many things in life, the effort to “save water” by eliminating residential and commercial grass lawns has good intentions yet unintended consequences.A recent article by illustrates the frequent harsh ...
Turf Merchant Grass Seeds Recognized
With the newly released list by the Maryland-Virginia Turfgrass Variety Recommendation Work Group, we are proud to announce TMI’s newest generation of turf fescues were recognized in the report published by the ...
Turf Merchant Seeds Top Trial Quality Ratings
September 23, 2016 at 1:56 pm | Posted in General by Curtis WilliamsBecause the recuperative potential for Bermudagrass diminishes when night temperatures become 55 degrees or lower, many golf courses utilize of ryegrass to maintain both playing conditions and aesthetics.In a recent ...