As I stood on the range tee this morning watering some sod, I started looking at just how many varieties of turf we have on the tee. The circle you see is pure Creeping Bentgrass that was sodded this spring. The lime green colored turf is Poa annua. Finally, the dark green turf is perennial ryegrass. Why the mix, you ask? The tee started predominantly bentgrass. Overtime, Poa annua naturally filled many of the voids created by divots. After all, this is Highlands, a temperate rain forest where Poa annua thrives. Ryegrass is added to the tee in the form of a sand and seed divot mix (along with bentgrass). This is because ryegrass is the fastest germinating seed. If conditions are right, Ryegrass can germinate is as fast as 3 days! Bentgrass on the other hand can take over 2 weeks to germinate. Therefore, if you are trying to establish turf quickly, Ryegrass is the answer.