City of Frisco Engineering Standards

SECTION 329223
TURFGRASS PLANTING
PART 1 - GENERAL
1.01 DESCRIPTION
A. This work includes all labor, materials, and equipment for soil preparation, fertilization,
planting, and other requirements regarding Turfgrass Planting areas shown on the plans.
1.02 RELATED SECTIONS
A. Section 024100 - General Site Preparation
B. Section 328000 - Irrigation System
C. Section 329113 – Fertilizer
D. Section 329119 - Topsoil
1.03 SUBMITTALS
A. Delivery Receipts and Invoices: All delivery receipts and copies of invoices for materials
used for this work shall be subject to checking by the Owner and shall be subsequently
delivered to the office of the Owner.
B. Samples and Producers’ Specifications: Various samples, certificates, and specifications of
seed, fertilizer, sand, compost, other soil amendments, and other materials shall be submitted
for approval as required by subsequent sections of this specification.
PART 2 - PRODUCTS
2.01 TURFGRASS
A. Bermudagrass Seed: Turfgrass seed shall be “Cynodon dactylon” (Common Bermudagrass).
The seed shall be harvested within one (1) year prior to planting, free of Johnsongrass, field
bind weed, dodder seed, and free of other weed seed to the limits allowable under the Federal
Seed Act and applicable seed laws. The seed shall not be a mixture. The seed shall be hulled,
extra fancy grade, treated with fungicide, and have a germination and purity that will
produce, after allowance for Federal Seed Act tolerances, a pure live seed content of not less
than 85% using the formula: purity % times (germination % times plus hard or sound seed
%). Seed shall be labeled in accordance with U.S. Department of Agriculture rules and
regulations.
1. Certificate Submittal: Prior to planting, provide the Owner or his representative with the
State Certificate stating analysis of purity and germination of seed.
B. Sod: Turfgrass sod shall be “Cynodon dactylon” (Common Bermudagrass). Sod shall consist
of stolons, leaf blades, rhizomes, and roots with a healthy, virile system of dense, thickly
matted roots throughout the soil of the sod for a thickness not less than three-quarters (3/4”)
City of Frisco May 2012
Standard Technical Specification Turfgrass Planting 329223-1