TABLE 3. MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY AND OTHER RATINGS OF ST. AUGUSTINEGRASS CULTIVARS IN THE 2023 NATIONAL ST. AUGUSTINEGRASS TEST AT FORT LAUDERDALE, FL 1/ 2024 DATA TURFGRASS QUALITY AND OTHER RATINGS 1-9; 9=BEST 2/ GENETIC LEAF QUALITY RATINGS NAME COLOR TEXTURE JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC MEAN XSA 11513 6.7 4.0 7.0 6.7 7.0 7.3 7.0 7.3 6.7 7.0 8.0 7.0 7.0 7.0 7.1 XSA 11027 6.7 3.3 7.3 7.0 6.7 6.7 6.3 6.7 6.0 6.7 8.0 7.0 7.0 7.3 6.9 FSA 1907 7.3 2.3 7.0 6.7 6.7 7.3 6.7 6.7 6.0 6.0 7.3 6.0 6.0 7.0 6.6 XSA 11026 6.3 3.0 6.7 6.7 6.3 6.7 6.3 6.3 6.0 6.3 7.7 6.7 6.7 7.0 6.6 COBALT 7.3 1.3 6.7 6.3 6.3 7.0 6.3 6.7 6.3 6.3 7.0 6.3 6.3 6.3 6.5 XSA 12155 7.0 3.3 6.7 6.3 6.7 7.0 6.7 6.7 5.7 6.7 7.3 6.0 6.0 6.3 6.5 DALSA 2301 7.0 3.3 7.0 6.7 6.3 6.7 5.7 7.0 7.0 6.7 6.7 5.7 5.7 6.3 6.4 FSA 1617 5.3 2.7 6.7 6.3 6.0 6.3 6.0 6.3 6.0 6.0 7.7 6.0 6.0 6.0 6.3 DALSA 1914 7.0 3.3 7.0 6.0 6.0 6.3 5.3 6.0 6.0 5.7 7.0 6.0 6.0 6.0 6.1 FSA 1627 6.7 2.7 6.3 6.0 6.0 6.7 5.0 6.0 6.0 5.7 6.7 6.0 6.0 5.7 6.0 FSA 2301 5.7 2.3 6.7 6.0 6.3 6.7 6.0 6.0 6.0 4.3 6.3 6.0 6.0 6.0 6.0 DALSA 1910 6.3 3.0 6.3 5.3 5.0 6.3 5.7 6.7 5.7 6.0 7.0 5.3 5.3 5.7 5.9 FSA 2012 7.0 3.0 6.7 6.0 6.0 6.3 5.7 6.3 5.3 4.3 6.0 5.7 5.7 6.3 5.9 FSA 2013 5.7 3.7 6.3 5.7 5.7 6.0 5.3 6.0 5.7 5.7 6.7 5.7 5.7 6.3 5.9 FSA 2022 6.7 4.3 6.7 6.0 6.0 6.7 5.7 6.7 6.0 4.7 6.0 5.7 5.7 5.0 5.9 FSA 2026 5.0 4.3 6.3 5.3 5.7 6.0 5.3 6.7 6.0 5.3 7.0 6.0 6.0 5.7 5.9 PALMETTO 5.0 5.0 6.3 5.7 5.7 6.7 5.7 6.0 5.0 5.7 7.0 5.3 5.3 5.3 5.8 FLORATAM 5.3 3.0 6.7 5.7 6.0 5.7 5.3 5.7 5.3 4.7 6.0 5.7 5.7 6.0 5.7 RALEIGH 5.7 4.0 6.0 5.3 5.0 5.7 5.7 5.7 5.0 5.3 6.7 5.7 5.7 5.3 5.6 LSD VALUE 1.0 1.1 1.0 0.9 0.9 1.1 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.4 C.V. (%) 9.3 19.5 6.5 7.8 8.0 8.4 8.5 7.5 8.0 9.2 6.7 6.9 6.9 7.8 3.7 1/ TO DETERMINE STATISTICAL DIFFERENCES AMONG ENTRIES, SUBTRACT ONE ENTRY'S MEAN FROM ANOTHER ENTRY'S MEAN. STATISTICAL DIFFERENCES OCCUR WHEN THIS VALUE IS LARGER THAN THE CORRESPONDING LSD VALUE (LSD 0.05). 2/ C.V. (COEFFICIENT OF VARIATION) INDICATES THE PERCENT VARIATION OF THE MEAN IN EACH COLUMN. TABLE 3. MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY AND OTHER RATINGS OF ST. AUGUSTINEGRASS CULTIVARS (CONT'D) IN THE 2023 NATIONAL ST. AUGUSTINEGRASS TEST AT FORT LAUDERDALE, FL 1/ 2024 DATA TURFGRASS QUALITY AND OTHER RATINGS 1-9; 9=BEST 2/ SPRING SUMMER FALL PERCENT GROUND COVER PERCENT DENSITY NAME DENSITY DENSITY DENSITY SPRING SUMMER FALL ESTABLISHMENT FALL 2023 XSA 11513 8.3 8.3 8.7 96.3 95.0 99.0 68.0 8.7 XSA 11027 8.0 8.3 8.7 88.0 91.7 99.0 94.7 8.7 FSA 1907 8.0 7.0 8.0 93.3 86.7 97.7 88.3 8.0 XSA 11026 8.0 7.3 8.3 88.3 90.0 99.0 94.7 8.3 COBALT 8.0 7.7 8.3 95.0 85.0 99.0 97.3 8.3 XSA 12155 8.3 8.3 8.7 91.3 93.0 99.0 97.7 8.7 DALSA 2301 8.0 8.0 8.0 86.7 93.3 97.7 95.7 8.7 FSA 1617 8.0 7.3 8.3 90.0 83.3 99.0 90.7 7.7 DALSA 1914 8.0 7.3 8.0 90.0 86.7 97.7 94.3 8.7 FSA 1627 8.0 7.7 8.3 90.0 86.7 97.7 92.3 8.0 FSA 2301 8.0 7.0 7.3 80.0 75.0 94.7 86.7 8.0 DALSA 1910 8.3 7.7 7.0 81.7 85.0 91.3 86.7 7.7 FSA 2012 8.0 7.0 7.3 81.7 71.7 90.0 70.0 6.7 FSA 2013 8.0 7.0 7.3 81.7 80.0 97.7 90.0 8.0 FSA 2022 8.3 7.0 7.7 90.0 68.3 93.3 94.7 8.3 FSA 2026 8.0 7.0 7.7 86.7 78.3 97.7 90.0 8.0 PALMETTO 8.0 7.3 7.7 86.7 78.3 96.3 96.7 8.7 FLORATAM 7.7 7.0 7.0 76.7 76.7 94.7 81.7 7.7 RALEIGH 8.0 7.0 7.3 86.7 76.7 99.0 88.3 8.0 LSD VALUE 1.3 0.9 1.1 12.2 8.9 7.5 31.9 1.0 C.V. (%) 4.6 6.5 7.4 6.8 6.6 3.5 13.8 6.3 1/ TO DETERMINE STATISTICAL DIFFERENCES AMONG ENTRIES, SUBTRACT ONE ENTRY'S MEAN FROM ANOTHER ENTRY'S MEAN. STATISTICAL DIFFERENCES OCCUR WHEN THIS VALUE IS LARGER THAN THE CORRESPONDING LSD VALUE (LSD 0.05). 2/ C.V. (COEFFICIENT OF VARIATION) INDICATES THE PERCENT VARIATION OF THE MEAN IN EACH COLUMN. TABLE A. 2024 LOCATIONS, SITE DESCRIPTIONS AND MANAGEMENT PRACTICES IN THE 2023 NATIONAL ST. AUGUSTINEGRASS TEST SOIL SOIL SUN MOWING SOIL SOIL PHOSPHOROUS POTASSIUM NITROGEN OR HEIGHT IRRIGATION LOCATION TEXTURE PH (LBS/ACRE) (LBS/ACRE) (LBS/1000 SQ FT) SHADE (IN) PRACTICED FL5 SAND 6.6-7.0 - - - FULL SUN 0.6-1.0 TO PREVENT STRESS