Organic Annual Ryegrass* | | Good for wet soil, emergency cover, and rapid biomass |
Rapid establishment | | | Poor drought tolerance and winter survival | |
High yielding | | | | | | |
Excellent choice for quick coverage in thin hay stands, new pasture seedings, and cover cropping | |
Can be used as a nurse crop for alfalfa | | | | |
Seed 30-35 lb/acre alone; 4-5 lb/acre as a cover crop with alfalfa | |
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Green Spirit Italian Ryegrass | | | |
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Organic Fleet Meadow Brome 25 lbs | | |
Sod-forming grass with excellent persistence | | |
Very high quality, excellent choice as a long-term hay companion | |
Very good production in early spring | | | | |
Slower to establish and slower growth in the summer months | | |
Best adapted to heavier silt-loam or clay-loam soils | | | |
Seed 15-20 lbs/acre alone; 4-12 lbs/acre in mixtures | | |
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Organic Luxor Orchardgrass | | | |
Improved tetraploid variety | | | | | |
Very fast establishment and high yielding | | | |
Best adapted to heavy, moisture holding soils | | | |
Upright growth habit well suited for haying or grazing | | |
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Organic Calibra Perennial Ryegrass | | |
Improved tetraploid variety | | | | |
Very fast establishment and high yielding | | | |
Best adapted to heavy, moisture holding soils | | | |
Upright growth habit well suited for haying or grazing | | |
Later maturing than unimproved varieties | | | |
Excellent disease resistance and winter-hardiness | | | |
Seed 6-12 lbs/acre in a mix or 25-35 lbs/acre straight | | |
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Organic Laura Meadow Fescue | | | |
High yielding and fast establishing | | | |
Excellent persistence in heavier/water-logged soils | | |
Early maturing; widely adaptable | | | | |
More palatable than tall fescue | | | | |
Endophyte-free | | | | | | |
Seed 20-25 lb/acre alone; 4-10 lb/acre in mixtures | | | |
From DLF | | | | | | | |
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Organic Kora Tall Fescue | | | |
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Deep rooted, very drought tolerant | | | |
Endophyte-Free | | | | | |
Kora establishes and matures at a similar rate to alfalfa making it a great companion grass in hay fields | |
Time your first cutting or grazing on the grass maturity for best palatability season-long | |
Excellent combination of high yields with very good digestibility | |
Endophyte-Free | | | | | | |
Seed 20-25 lb/acre alone; 4-8 lb/acre in mixtures | | | |
From DLF | | | | | | | |
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Organic Smooth Brome 25 lbs | | | |
Sod-forming grass with excellent persistence | | | |
Very high quality, excellent choice as a long-term hay companion | |
Very good production in early spring | | | | |
Slower to establish and slower growth in the summer months | | |
Best adapted to heavier silt-loam or clay-loam soils | | | |
Seed 15-20 lbs/acre alone; 4-12 lbs/acre in mixtures | | |
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Organic Climax Timothy | | | |
High-quality, high-sugar grass well suited for hay or pasture | |
Best production on heavy soils | | | | |
Best use as alfalfa or red clover companion | | | |
Seed 8 lb/acre alone; 1-3 lb/acre in mixtures | | | |