When the Razorback football team takes the field at Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium for the 2019 season opener, it will be ‘Running through the A’ on a natural grass playing surface for the first time in a decade. Arkansas will open the 2019 season on the new surface on August 31 when the Razorbacks […]
The University of Arkansas released an estimated timeline of how and when they will make the full transition from turf to grass inside Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium. The transition has already begun in the stadium as the field was cleared two days after the annual Red-White Spring Game on April 6. The removal of the turf began […]
Arkansas announced last year it would move back to natural grass at Reynolds-Razorback Stadium, and now that process has begun. The Hogs concluded spring practice on Saturday, and on Tuesday the Hogs posted a time-lapse video of the artificial surface being torn out. The replacement, Tahoma 31, is currently being grown at Winstead Turf Farms in Arlington, […]
Golf Course Industry Magazine: Oklahoma State University names Sod Production Services licensing agent for new drought-tolerant Bermudagrass variety Oklahoma State University named Sod Production Services the master licensing and marketing agent for Tahoma 31 Bermudagrass, one of the most drought-tolerant, winter-hardy hybrid Bermudagrasses on the market today. Tahoma is a Native American word that means […]
OSU’S NEW TAHOMA 31 BERMUDAGRASS LICENSED BY SOD PRODUCTION SERVICES Oklahoma State University – OSU has named Sod Production Services the master licensing and marketing agent for Tahoma 31 bermudagrass, one of the most winter-hardy hybrid bermudagrasses on the market today. The word ‘Tahoma’ is a Native American word that means ‘frozen water,’ which perfectly […]
Tahoma 31 “is something very exciting coming out of Oklahoma State University,” said Owen Pickard, Program Director at 93.3 Jake FM in Oklahoma City. During a segment called the 405 Buzz, Pickard interviewed Dr.Yanqi Wu and Dr. Dennis Martin of OSU about the release of Tahoma 31 Bermudagrass. The interview aired on Tuesday, August 7, […]
Oklahoma State University is celebrating the creation of a breakthrough type of a grass, its first since 2011. It was first produced in Stillwater and will be sold at sod farms all over the world. Two Oklahoma sod farms, including one in Yukon, now have the rights to sell the Bermuda hybrid called Tahoma 31. […]
‘Sod Farmers High on New Grass’ states The Journal Record in this June 14, 2018 article. OKLAHOMA CITY – A new hybrid Bermuda grass produced by Oklahoma State University has been licensed for marketing and will be ready for consumers following this year’s growing season. Only two Oklahoma sod farms have been cleared by licensee […]
May – June 2018 Evapotranspiration Rates of Turf Bermudagrasses under Non-limiting Soil Moisture Conditions in Oklahoma Which bermudagrass uses the least amount of water? Tahoma 31 (OKC 1131) An article in the May-June 2018 issue of Crop Science offers this conclusion: TifTuf ranked consistently in the group of genotypes with the highest ET rates, whereas […]