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TIFGRAND Varieties

TIFGRAND was released by by Dr. Wayne Hanna and Dr. Kris Braman, professors at the University of Georgia in 2009. It was released with exclusive licensing granted to The Turfgrass Group, Inc. of Fort Valley, Georgia. TifGrand is a dense fine leaf warm season turf grass with significantly more shade tolerance thriving in 60-70% continuous shade. TifGrand has a naturally dark green color with superior quality in full sun. It has excellent tawny mole cricket resistance and requires lower fertilizer (nitrogen) and water inputs than some other warm season grasses. The variety is patented and unauthorized propagation is not permitted. The variety may only be sold by licensed producers and is available only as a certified grass. US PLANT PATENT. Variety Producers
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