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Poa pratensis L.

A mid--early, broadly adapted persistent Kentucky bluegrass for pastures and lawns

  • Very quick establishment
  • Strong rhizomes
  • Growth starts early in spring, and the regrowth consists mainly of leafy material
  • Good persistence and winterhardiness
  • Has a medium green colour
  • Very suitable for extensive lawns in mixtures with other grasses
  • One of the most sown varieties over Europe
  • Plants – creeping (with rhizomes)
  • Winter hardy
  • Regenerates well
  • Grows well both in spring and summer
  • Persistent
  • Drought tolerant
  • Sow on moist soil
  • Germinates and gives root slowly
  • Resistant to the main Kentucky bluegrass’ diseases
  • Turf is strong
  • Tolerates trampling
  • Also suitable for sports lawns (football fields, golf courses)
  • When mowing frequently, it forms a fairly dense, durable turf, which looks beautiful
  • Fills empty spaces in grasslands and persists for a long time, so it is more suitable for pastures
  • Suitable for pastures in temperate climates
  • Suitable for more intensively and extensively grazed grasslands
  • Adapts well in mixtures
  • Competes well with other cultivated grasses
  • Used for hay, grazing
  • Nutritional value – good
  • Undemanding to soil and climate conditions
  • It grows well in peaty soils, but does not fit well in sandy soils
  • The highest yield is in the 3-4th year of growth
  • High yields
  • Rapid growth in spring and summer
  • The plants are quite tall
  • Good resistance to diseases
  • Winters well
  • Soil surface coverage – 6 points (out of 9)
  • Suitable for establishing long-term pastures
  • Grazing resistance – 4 points (out of 9)
  • Persistence – 7 points (out of 9)
  • Suitability for mixtures – 8 points (out of 9))

*According to DLF tests

  • Average yield of dry matter – 6.48 t/ha
  • Yield potential – 11.9 t/ha
  • Duration of the vegetation period of plants until the first harvest – 154 days (counting from January 1)
  • Average plant height – 56 cm
  • Resistance to lodging – 7.2 points
  • Winterhardiness – 6.8 points (out of 9.0)
  • A valuable feature of the variety is high leafiness
  • Leaves make up 60.9 % of the total green mass yield of plants
  • Protein content in dry matter yield of green mass – 15 %
  • Plants quickly establish in the lawn and ensure productive persistence
  • Plants are resistant to diseases
  • The variety is recommended for pastures in all regions of Lithuania

* according to of the variety economic value tests (VCU) in Lithuania, 1996-2001

The varietal parameters may differ from those indicated here when the testing circumstances differ from quondam


Recommended sowing rate: 3.5-6.0 kg/ha, when sowing with 15 cm inter-rows, depth – 1 cm. Increase seed rate to 9-10 kg/ha when sowing in pure soils