{"id":2697,"date":"2022-06-30T09:42:56","date_gmt":"2022-06-30T16:42:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.purchasegreen.com\/knowledge-base\/your-next-steps\/"},"modified":"2022-07-05T15:58:42","modified_gmt":"2022-07-05T22:58:42","slug":"stem","status":"publish","type":"epkb_post_type_1","link":"https:\/\/www.purchasegreen.com\/artificial-grass\/product-info\/yarn\/stem","title":{"rendered":"Stem Shape"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2765\" src=\"https:\/\/www.purchasegreen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/stem-hero-960x200-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.purchasegreen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/stem-hero-960x200-1.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.purchasegreen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/stem-hero-960x200-1-480x100.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 960px, 100vw\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A stem yarn by nature isn\u2019t necessarily special. You\u2019ll see a lot of grasses out there that have stems down the center of each blade. In most of these cases, that stem is there to help support the erect position of all the blades in a roll of artificial grass and it\u2019s placed there during the extrusion process. Because stems are present in most grasses to improve memory and performance, some sneaky outfits have managed to design stems into grasses at a low cost that don\u2019t actually add any performance value. Then charge performance prices to make a little extra coin each month.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 1080px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-2697-1\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/www.purchasegreen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Stem-Shape-2017-web.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.purchasegreen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Stem-Shape-2017-web.mp4\">https:\/\/www.purchasegreen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Stem-Shape-2017-web.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p>At Purchase Green we have this little thing called honesty. It\u2019s baked into all of our grasses. So we offer two grasses in with Thiolon yarns. Thiolon is a brand of stem yarn that has been around for decades \u2013 and has long been recognized as the best yarn in the world when it comes to performance and memory. Thiolon yarns have a fibrous stem that responds to heat by stiffening. Unroll a factory wrapped Southwestern Sod or Nature\u2019s Sod Premier and you can literally watch the blades begin to stand up as the fibers absorb heat from the sun and stiffen.<\/p>\n<h3>Production<\/h3>\n<p>Thilon was actually produced by the yarn extruder, Tencate, as a sports turf. They didn\u2019t actually produce it just for performance though, that was given. They produced it to be safer and softer for sporting activity like football or soccer. That\u2019s why you\u2019ll see a touch of shine on the Thiolon yarn. Aesthetically, it looks like a beautiful coat of morning dew shine. Functionally it reduces friction from things like falling or sliding. There are number of reasons homeowners go with grasses that have Thiolon yarns:<\/p>\n<h3>Color<\/h3>\n<p>Thiolon provides for a warm emerald green coloration. Grasses made with it look great when contrasted against beige, tan, or other earth-tone stucco or wood siding because of the brownish\/orange hues picked up by the visible thatch. It also looks beautiful against off-whites or Spanish style stuccos. You could bring out some great shades against brick.<\/p>\n<h3>Design<\/h3>\n<p>With Thiolon yarns, especially in lower face-weights, you\u2019ll get hybrid colors of a Kentucky Blue Grass and Bent Grass. Of course, we\u2019ve mixed in a little Purchase Green style in using a slightly staggered manicure to improve the posture of each blade. This makes it a bit fuller look but leaves a little messiness to produce a more stable, but natural look.<\/p>\n<h3>Performance<\/h3>\n<p>From the day Thiolon was a little baby in the form of tiny polyethylene beads (pre extrusion) to the day it graduated college (came off the tufting machine) this yarn was designed to perform. All there is to say is that this is the best.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Stem yarn is similar to a Flat yarn with one key difference \u2013 a stem running the length of the blade which enhances memory and performance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":2761,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"epkb_post_type_1_category":[916],"epkb_post_type_1_tag":[],"class_list":["post-2697","epkb_post_type_1","type-epkb_post_type_1","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","epkb_post_type_1_category-yarn"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Stem Shape | Purchase Green Artificial Grass<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Purchase Green Knowledge Center has all there is to know about artificial grass and landscaping solutions. 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