Sea Spray Sea Shore Paspalum - a NEW option for your home lawn
Less Fertilizer + Less Water = "GREENER" grass for the environment and more $ in your pocket!
Do you want to try something different? Do you want to use the newest option for home lawns that both saves precious water, and uses less fertilizer? Do you want to do all you can to protect our environment, and still have a gorgeous oxygen producing and carbon absorbing lawn? Then Sea Spray is for you!
**Sea Spray is a Sea Shore Paspalum. It is not bermudagrass, therefore should be maintained differently.**
Sea Spray is an excellent homeowner friendly grass that does not necessarily need to be overseeded or fertilized heavily, and can save money over the course of the year when properly maintained. It requires considerably less agronomic practices than bermudagrass.
Sea Spray has a bright green color, with a medium-fine texture. It is ideal for warm climates. Sea Spray will go dormant in cooler temperature months, but may be overseeded for winter color. For the ultimate in water savings, forgo overseeding, and enjoy the "golden brown" color for a few short weeks—after all brown is the "new green" during the winter with Sea Spray! But overseed away (we recommend our "BOBSeed" ryegrass) if you require year round color.
Benefits and tips
- Sea Spray seed is available for repairs or strengthening.
- Sea Spray has a shorter dormancy period than EZ Turf, BOBSod, Tifway 419, and 328. It can transition up to a month quicker than some bermudas.
- Sea Spray will handle hard frosts better than the bermudagrass and maintain some color throughout the winter period.
- Leaf texture on Sea Spray seems very similar to BOBSod, but there is a waxy-wet look shine to the leaf blade on one side and more of an upright growth pattern.
- Sea Spray can be maintained at heights of ½" to 2" but is most successful around 1 ¼".
- The fertilizer and water requirements have made it a very popular grass, as it seems to dislike nitrogen and thrives on organic materials such as milorganite. The watering schedule can be very different than a bermudagrass in that it seems to tolerate stress better than bermudagrass on a 3-4 day watering schedule. (5-10 minutes per every day not watered). Organic type fertilizers maybe used to help keep water bills down. Sea Spray is very prone to scalping with excessive water and fertilizer so it is best kept to a minimum.
- Sea Spray will thrive in soggy soil with a wide range of Ph from slightly acidic to extremely alkaline. It will tolerate salty soils, and does well with saline water, or recycled water.
- Sea Spray is drought tolerant. It has a very deep root system that allows it to hold moisture for longer periods of time than many other turfgrasses. In the right conditions, it can go for several days without irrigation. Deep infrequent irrigations are best during the growing season.
- Some broadleaf weeds can be controlled with a saltwater solution, instead of herbicides.
- Wear and traffic tolerance has proven to be excellent with Sea Spray. Pet damage recovers quickly due to the density of the grass and aggressive spreading of stolons.
- Sea Spray overseeds and transitions well. It does not seem to have as much problem with the ryegrass competition as the bermudagrass can.
- Sea Spray might tend to get a bit thatchy, so like bermuda, it is best to do 2 light verticuts during the growing season, or 1 during the season, and 1 before overseeding, should you decide to overseed.
With proper care, Sea Spray will make your neighbors green with envy! If you have any questions regarding the use or care of Sea Spray, please call our office at 800/832-8873 or e-mail jay.danek@westernsod.com.
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