NEW FALCON IV TURF TYPE FESCUE FOR SUN OR SHADY AREAS

#1 RATED TURF TYPE VARIETY

DEEP GREEN COLOR

HIGHLY INSECT AND DISEASE RESISTANT

DROUGHT AND HEAT TOLERANT

LOW GROWING LESS MOWING

FINE LEAF TEXTURE

DEEP ROOT SYSTEM

WEED FREE SEED

Falcon IV is a new and improved, heat and disease resistant, tall 

fescue variety developed for superior turf quality across a wide 

area of adaptation. It is dark green in color, fine textured with 

excellent wear tolerance. Falcon IV exhibits a unique combination 

of traits including dense growth, improved turf quality and 

resistance to brown patch incited by Rhizoctonia solani. Falcon IV 

is an endophyte enhanced tall fescue with >92% Neotyphodium 

coenophialum endophyte which provides resistance to a number 

of leaf and crown feeding insects and nematodes. The presence of 

endophyte also contribute to improved biotic and abiotic stress 

tolerance, faster seedling establishment, enhanced fall recovery 

and reduced summer weed invasion.

Falcon IV ranked #1 and statistically tied for 1st in mean turf 

quality among 160 entries in the 2001 NTEP Tall Fescue Test 

Progress Report No. 03-1 conducted across 31 U.S. locations. 

Falcon IV exhibits high quality turf performance and improved

resistance to brown patch disease the most limiting factor in tall 

fescue propagation in warm summer-humid continental and 

transitional-humid climates of the southern USA. Falcon IV tied 

for 1st in brown patch resistance across 6 test locations in the 

Coastal Plains and Mid Southern USA. It also exhibits improved 

resistance to leaf spot, pythium blight and winter net blotch

Dates: Spring and fall when soil temperatures are 60°F or higher. 

Turf type tall fescue is generally slow to tiller once germinated so 

higher soil temperatures and increasing photoperiod in spring 

or warm soils with decreasing photoperiod in the fall provide an 

optimal environment for seedling establishment. 

Rates: 6-8 lb./l,000 sq. ft. on new seeding and 2-3 lb./1,000 sq. 

ft. on established turf. Seed count of Falcon IV is 235,000 seeds 

per pound and is dependent on the year of harvest, location of 

production and seed production practices. 

Depth: Sow at ¼ to ½ inch. Slice seeding of existing turf may 

require lowered mowing height or growth regulator to reduce 

canopy height of existing turf. This management practice enhances 

establishment of newly emerging tall fescues seedlings.

We ship free to the lower 48 States of the Continental U.S. only. Additional shipping charges will apply to any state or province located outside the Continental U.S.