Healthy Grass Technology

Kentucky bluegrass engineered for performance

HGT stands for Healthy Grass Technology and features proven durable, disease resistant Kentucky bluegrasses, including Barvette HGT. Developed in harsh climatic conditions, specifically to establish quickly, withstand diseases, insect pests and traffic, extensive testing in NTEP under various climates and conditions has proven Barvette HGT a winner. Barvette HGT ranked #1 or in the top statistical group in 16 different bluegrass traits in the recently completed 2005-10 Kentucky bluegrass NTEP trials.

Developed from extremely traffic tolerant parent stock, Barvette HGT was subjected to intense multiple traffic simulation studies for years prior to release. These studies proved not only traffic tolerance, but also the unique ability for strong, rapid recovery from traffic damage.

An additional three years of studies in the Mid-Atlantic region proved outstanding disease resistance, especially to summer patch and stem rust. With more than a decade of turfgrass breeding and three years of professional use, Barvette HGT’s popularity and use grows annually. With exceptionally fast establishment, durability and recovery properties, Barenbrug’s Turf Blue HGT mixture has become a ‘standard’ for Kentucky bluegrass sports turf, bluegrass sod production and golf fairways and tees.

Resistance to summer patch and rust

Summer patch is a serious turf disease that causes significant damage to most Kentucky bluegrass varieties. Tested intensively at many locations across the country and in university trials, Barvette HGT has shown excellent resistance to summer patch. At all three test sites for the National Turfgrass Evaluation Program (NTEP), Barvette HGT ranked number one and actually took over some heavily damaged neighboring bluegrass plots.

Barenbrug USA’s Barvette is an aggressive Kentucky bluegrass that demonstrated excellent stand persistence, very good stem rust tolerance and good summer patch tolerance

Dennis Martin, PhD | Oklahoma State University