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kept the wear on the plots. In the spring SOS will transition on its own. There is good supply on turf type annual ryegrass. We supply the world's only rhizomatous tall fescues, which have the ability to repair them- selves after wear and tear. Turf Saver RTF sup- plies also looks very good. More and more grasses are coated with our coating technology called Yellow Jacket. Yellow Jacket contains ZEBA that holds 600 times its own weight in water. It also contains Apron to protect the seedling from Pythium. Supply on Yellow Jacket looks very good and is available on all grasses from Barenbrug.-Christiaan Arends, Barenbrug USA There are ample supplies of SeaDwarf Seashore Paspalum and Aloha Seashore Pas- palum sprigs and sod at licensed sod producing farms in strategic locations around the US and around the globe. UltimateFlora Zoysia, a medium textured zoysia developed by the Uni- versity of Florida, is readily available as sod in the Southeast.-Dr. Lee Berndt, Vice President of Research and Development, Environmental Turf Celebration bermudagrass is currently available in stable supply with certified acreages spread throughout the southern US. Shortages may occur late next spring as peak demand for Celebration occurs not only in sports turf appli- cations during this time period, but also in golf usage. Latitude 36 and NorthBridge bermuda are two very promising grasses coming out of the Oklahoma State research and development program. Seven turf producers in the transition zone have planted both grasses with much an- ticipation. Both varieties are expected to be used north and south of the transition zone. Availability will be limited for 2012. Bella bluegrass is currently available in lim- ited supply in certain parts of the country. Bella is the world's first dwarf bluegrass that is propagated vegetatively meaning it is propa- gated with sprigs (not seeded) and installed only as sod. Left unmowed, it only grows to about 4 inches in height. Bella's availability will be lim- ited to Utah, Idaho, Wyoming, Colorado and parts of Canada in 2012.-Tobey Wagner, Presi- dent, Sod Solutions Washington II bluegrass seed will be ex- tremely limited and should sell out this fall. An- other bluegrass, Concerto, a shamrock-type, has readily available seed supplies now but supplies could tighten up come spring 2012. LS 1200 tall fescue, a semi-dwarf variety, has extremely tight supplies and should sell out this fall. Another bluegrass, Ultimate, another semi- dwarf variety, has seed available but supplies could be short come spring 2012. Perennial ryegrasses LS 2300, LS 2200, LS 2100 and LS 2000 will have supplies continue to tighten up as we move through fall 2011. If movement is good then expect supplies to be tight come spring 2012. Over the past 3 years we have reduced acres so that inventory comes more in line with de- mand. At some point those two lines cross to where inventory and new crop may not be enough to meet demand. We are seeing the cor- rection arriving sooner than expected. Expect supplies to remain tight and prices strong at least through 2012.-Brad Dozler, Lewis Seed Co.■ Correction In the traffic testing results from NTEP article in the Au- gust issue, the Kentucky bluegrass table on page 10 has an error. It refers to "LS 4000" but the actual name is "Washington II." We apologize for this mistake. www.stma.org SportsTurf 23