T-1 Creeping Bent Grass

T-1 Creeping Bent Grass is a premium turfgrass seed specifically designed for putting greens, tees, and fairways. Known for its dark, ivy-green color, T-1 was consistently ranked #1 in NTEP trials, offering excellent visual appeal and low nitrogen requirements. This bentgrass variety excels in ground coverage and is aggressive against Poa Annua, making it a preferred choice for new golf courses worldwide. Additionally, T-1 is optimized for mid-budget golf courses, providing tournament-quality turf with forgiving maintenance requirements. Its unique genetic makeup ensures it thrives under various management practices, making it versatile and resilient across different climates. It is available in 4 different sizes to suit your various gardening needs.

Aggressive against Poa

The breeding of T-1 Creeping Bent Grass focuses on creating a turf that aggressively competes with Poa annua, making it an excellent alternative to traditional grass seeds or centipede grass seeds in regions plagued by this invasive species. Its ability to keep Poa at bay while promoting a thick, green turf makes it comparable to the top grass seed for sandy soil.

T-1 is the "Forgiving Bent"

T-1 Creeping Bent Grass is known as the "Forgiving Bent" due to its adaptability and resilience, which are essential for mid to low-budget courses that cannot indulge in the high maintenance. T-1’s characteristics allow it to thrive where other seeds might falter, particularly in challenging climates or soils. It also maintains a consistently lush appearance with minimal input, ensuring long-lasting, high-quality turf.

Turf growth habit

T-1 Creeping Bent Grass sets a new standard in turf growth habits with its dense tiller density and low thatch production, ideal for creating luxurious putting green turf. This type of growth habit is advantageous as it supports faster establishment and requires less frequent over seeding. T-1’s ability to thrive with ordinary materials underscores its versatility and ease of management for various golf course conditions.

Transform your golf course with T-1 Creeping Bent Grass in both aesthetics and function. Unlike centipede grass or creeping red fescue grass seed, T-1 requires less maintenance and offers greater cost-efficiency. It's a perfect blend all while ensuring your course meets professional standards. Plus, T-1 establishes quickly, filling in divots and bare spots faster than other varieties, keeping your greens pristine year-round.

Choose T-1 Creeping Bent Grass to keep your greens in peak condition despite challenging climates. It excels in areas where grass seeds are typically used, offering a more resilient seed option. Its durability and adaptability ensure your turf remains game-ready and visually stunning. With T-1, you get a weather-resistant grass seed that stands up to the elements, keeping your course playable and pristine in any season.

T-1 creeping bent grass has emarkable genetic color and consistently ranked #1 in NTEP trials for its dark green color. The hue is distinctive. T-1 bentgrass presents a rich, ivy-toned appearance. Even the man who developed the variety wondered if T-1 would be embraced by agronomic traditionalists. "I thought it would be too dark for people," says Dr. Doug Brede, research director for Jacklin Seed. "But everybody loves it because you can grow it with less nitrogen and have that nice T-1 color. It never really turns pale on you."

Its dark green color is not the only characteristic that T-1 is known for. The plants that went into T-1 excelled at keeping Poa at bay. In fact, they made visible gains against Poa every year. The T-1 variety has been planted on more new golf courses worldwide in the last 5 years than any other bentgrass.  

T-1 offers championship quality without championship maintenance. Unlike some earlier bents generations, T-1 was bred and optimized with the mid-budget golf course in mind. T-1 provides tournament quality golf for every golf courses and is forgiving when climate or cultural practices are not ideal. Originating from selections found on 40 to 100-year-old golf course bentgrass stands in the Southern United States, crossed with dwarf-type cultivars found in Oregon, T-1 possesses unique and versatile genetics. These diverse genetics allow T-1 to thrive under varying management practices and provide aggressive stoloniferous growth.

• Tenacious ground coverage – The single biggest factor that sets T-1 apart is ground coverage. T-1 retains ground coverage under some incredibly tough growing conditions.
• Aggressive against Poa – Jacklin Seed (breeder) tests every single bent strain in our breeding program against Poa annua. If it can’t hold up against Poa, we pitch it. All of the plants that went into T-1 excelled at keeping Poa at bay. In fact, they made visible gains against Poa every year.
• T-1 is the "Forgiving Bent" – Unlike some earlier bents, T-1 was bred and optimized with the mid-budget golf course in mind. T-1 provides tournament-quality golf for every golf course.
• Breeding – Half of the breeding lines in T-1 from elite selections in the variety, Putter. The other half of its parent germplasm originated from New England golf course collections. T-1’s breeder block was assembled using clonal rows, similar to how Penncross and Putter were constructed.
• Turf growth habit – T-1 sets a new standard for bentgrass tiller density, providing a rich, luxurious putting surface. Yet it is remarkably easy to manage with very low thatch production. Ordinary masonry sand can be used in topdressing mixes.

T-1 creeping bentgrass will provide tournament-quality turf on any golf course as it competes against your biggest enemy; annual bluegrass. Producing about twice as many stolons as a typical bentgrass, T-1 quickly establishes and fills any void, whether that is from a divot, aerification, or grow-in. T-1 is not only versatile on the golf course but is widely used across the United States in low- and high-input situations. T-1's aggressive nature and tolerance to a wide range of mowing heights allows it to be used from tees to greens. T-1 is an excellent selection for interseeding greens as it out competes Poa Annua and provides superior dollar spot resistance.

T-1 is currently certified with the Alliance for Low Input Sustainable Turf.  to ensure the integrity and independence of the program, testing is conducted by nationally recognized cooperators and selected on a regional basis to insure environmental adaptability. These cooperators also participate on an advisory board to further influence protocols. Participation in the independent and geographically diverse National Turfgrass Evaluation Program (NTEP) is strongly encouraged. Universities involved include: Purdue, University of California, North Carolina State, Rutgers, Utah State, University of Wisconsin, Michigan State, University of Connecticut, Virginia Tech, Ohio State, Oregon State, & Iowa State.