BLADERUNNER FARMS

Bladerunner Farms is located in Atascosa County, Texas near Poteet, Texas. This evaluation location provides a site in the north central portion of South Texas. Our evaluation site there has a Miguel fine sandy loam soil type. This location provides an additional sandy soil to evaluate collections. Bladerunner Farms is a leading turfgrass producer and has developed several turf varieties used extensively in the commercial turf industry. Personnel from Bladerunner Farms bring a wealth of knowledge in variety development, selection and turf production to the project. Several native species are being evaluated there for use in the turf industry, and for sod, residential, and ornamental use. Bladerunner Farms has been instrumental in selection of species for TxDOT rights-of-way use. Recently, Bladerunner Farms has begun commercial production of STN releases La Salle Germplasm Arizona cottontop and Dilley Germplasm slender grama. David Douget-president & CEO works closely with STN projects at Bladerunner Farms, and serves on the STN Technical Committee.