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The University of Florida?EUR??,,????'?????<???EUR?s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences has developed a new slow-growing turfgrass.
The new St. Augustinegrass variety?EUR??,,????'?????<???EUR?s finer leaf blade and dark green hue make for a prettier lawn and it?EUR??,,????'?????<???EUR?s far more resistant to sap-sucking, lawn-killing chinch bugs than current varieties.
?EUR??,,????'?????<?We are quite pleasantly surprised by this grass,?EUR??,,????'?????<? said Paul Grose, general manager of King Ranch, a company testing the grass in Belle Glade, Fla., and Texas. ?EUR??,,????'?????<?It seems to have a lot of benefits. Besides being a chinch bug-resistant variety, it?EUR??,,????'?????<???EUR?s got real good color, good density and a good root system.
?EUR??,,????'?????<?We feel like it?EUR??,,????'?????<???EUR?s going to be a kind of grass that?EUR??,,????'?????<???EUR?s going to require less mowing,?EUR??,,????'?????<? he said.
Although IFAS officials recently approved the public release of the new grass, what?EUR??,,????'?????<???EUR?s now known as NUF-76 won?EUR??,,????'?????<???EUR?t be on the market until next year. The grass is being grown by 17 sod farmers and several homeowners around the Florida. It?EUR??,,????'?????<???EUR?s expected to grow well in any subtropical climate.
Source: https://news.ufl.edu
Francisco Uviña, University of New Mexico
Hardscape Oasis in Litchfield Park
Ash Nochian, Ph.D. Landscape Architect
November 12th, 2025
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