The only practical way to establish a bunch-type grass is with

• A. Plugs
• B. Seed
• C. Runner
• D. Division

Answer: (B)

Bunch-type grasses grow in tight clumps and don’t spread across the ground like creeping grasses do. When you’re starting a stand on bare soil, seed is the most practical way to get many individual plants established across the area all at once. It allows you to achieve uniform density and coverage efficiently, using a suitable seeding rate and post-sowing care to ensure good germination and establishment.

Using plugs or dividing existing clumps is more labor-intensive and slower for covering large areas, and it relies on having established material to start from. Runners or stolons are a spreading habit of other grasses; bunch-type grasses don’t rely on those structures, so relying on runners isn’t how they establish. In short, seed matches the growth habit and practical needs of establishing a new stand of bunch-type grass.