  609 Buffalograss is a female plant selection released by the Texas & Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Stations in 1990.
It produces a more dense and uniform turf than common types and must be established from sod or sod plugs. It creates a blue-green, dense, fine-textured turf with a quick rate of spread.
609 Buffalograss is more dense and has a richer and deeper blue-green color than Prairie Buffalograss. 609 is resistant to most turfgrass insects and diseases, requires less fertilizer, less mowing, less water and less pesticides than other cool and warm seasoned grasses being used.
609 Buffalograss is extremely drought-tolerant. Figures from the Texas Water Commission indicate that Buffalograss will flourish in over two-thirds of the state on natural rainfall. After turf is fully established, the average watering frequency is 21-45 days.
609 Buffalograss is recommended for use on the following projects:
- Low maintenance xeriscapes
- Parks
- Open lawn areas
- Slope protection
- Erosion control.
- Roadways
- Golf course roughs, bunker faces, buffer areas, steep slopes and berms.
- 609 Buffalograss is an all female cultivar
- Produces no pollen or seed heads
- Requires little mowing to give it a uniform appearance
- It has a fine leaf blade
- Has a low fertility requirement, will often maintain good density without supplemental fertilization
Sodding may be performed year-round in U.S.D.A. Plant Hardiness Zone 7 or any warmer zone. Plug installation should be performed only between the dates of May 1 and September 1 in U.S.D.A. Plant Hardiness Zone 6 or in any colder zone.
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