A highly palatable mixture of winter hardy perennial ryegrasses, soft orchardgrasses, meadow fescue, clovers and forage chicory. Excellent for high producing livestock including dairy, grass finished beef, and goats. Ideal for good soils that have high fertility. Chicory is included for better mineral nutrition and other animal health benefits.
| Best uses: | Dry Hay: Poor Haylage/Balage: Very Good Intensive Grazing: Excellent Continuous Grazing: Fair to good if not overgrazed Food Plots: Excellent |
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| Seeding Rate: | 25 to 35 lbs/A |
| Product Formula: | 35% Perennial Ryegrass 25% Grazing Tolerant Orchardgrass 25% Meadow Fescue 7% Medium Red Clover 6% White Clover 2% Chicory |
Area of Adaptation: USDA Hardiness Zone: 4 & 5 Adapted to good soils and does best on high fertility. Wet—acceptable. Orchardgrass and Chicory do not like wet soil Drought—fair to good. Orchardgrass and Chicory have good drought tolerance but ryegrass is poor. pH range—6.0 and higher
Grazing Management: Turn livestock in when about 8-10 inch of growth and remove when 3-4 inches remain. Have paddocks designed to get all livestock on and off within a maximum of 3 days.
Cutting Management: Cut leaving a 3-4 inch stubble height. Orchardgrass yields, regrowth and persistence will decrease with short cuttings. Wide swath management recommended.
Stand life: Approximately 4-5 years in most situations. Overgrazing can be very hard on orchardgrass persistence.
Traffic Tolerance: Very Good. Dip
Establishment:
Seeding Rate: 25-35lb/acre.
Cultipacker seeders or narrow spacing drills preferred. Use large seed box
Depth: 1/8-3/8 inch
Speed: Medium.
Perennial ryegrass, red clover and chicory components will establish quickly
Best Performance on Good soils
Works great as a wildlife food plot!
