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Westerwolds (annual) ryegrass LEMNOS

Lolium multiflorum Lam. var. westerwoldicum Wittm

Mid-late tetraploid annual ryegrass ideal for main crop and catch crop cultivation

  • Outstanding yields
  • Extremely fast growing and establishment
  • Good regrowth capacity
  • Produces fresh, high-quality feed
  • Ideal for silage, haylage and hay (can be grazed but sward will be open)
  • Commonly used with other slower growing species
  • Will provide a seed head in the same year of sowing

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


Recommended sowing rate: for pure crop – 22-27 kg/ha, in mixtures with annual clover – 12-20 kg/ha

Recommended sowing rate when growing for green manure: 25-30 kg/ha kg/ha