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Max Italian Ryegrass
- Tetraploid variety; high sugar content, plant quality, and animal performance
- Larger leaves, fewer but larger tillers for more open and erect growth habit
- Less-competitive growth habit is a great choice in a legume mixture
- Excellent season-long yield & fast regrowth
- Good disease resistance
$1.38 - $69.00
ITALIAN RYEGRASS
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Quick re-growth, early spring development and prolonged fall growth. High quality forage without low-quality stems and seed heads: will not head out in the seeding year unless a hard freeze sets in after seed has germinated. Behaves as an annual in the Upper Midwest. Recognized as excellent rotation crop for plowdown or emergency feed.
Best Use:
Best suited as a pasture crop seeded at full rate. When seeded at lower rate, can be used in hay mixtures and as a nurse crop for alfalfa seedings.
Adaptation:
Best on heavier, moisture-holding soils. Keep off of droughty ground.
Management:
Begin grazing at 4″-6″ and stop when the grass is down to 2″-3″.
Planting Date:
March-May, Aug. 1-15 (for late fall grazing).
Seeding:
30-35 lbs/acre alone or 3-4 lbs/acre as alfalfa cover crop.
Suggestions:
Use instead of small grain as cover crop over new alfalfa seedings. Can produce up to half ton more of additional hay in seeding year than a small grain. Seeding heavier than recommended amount may smother alfalfa seeding. Seed early spring onto pasture that has been closely grazed the previous fall to improve yield and quality.