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Festuca pratensis Huds.

A mid-early, high yielding diploid variety of meadow fescue suitable for grazing and hey preparation

  • Grows rapidly after cuts or grazing
  • Plants are abundant in leaf content
  • Good resistance to lodging
  • Excellent winter tolerance
  • Resistant to mildew and rust
  • Suits to the mixtures with other perennial grasses for the establishment of meadows
  • Vegetation period – 157 days (counting from January 1 to the first harvest (first half of June, even the end of May)
  • Yield of dry matter – 7.94 t/ha
  • Dry matter yield potential – 11.13 t/ha
  • Yield potential on fertile soils – up to 15 t/ha
  • Average seed yield – 0.36 t/ha
  • Seed yield potential – 0.7-0.8 t/ha
  • Average height of the plants – 65-74 cm
  • Plants – abundantly leafy (54.1-63.0 %)
  • Resistance to lodging – 7.3 points
  • Injury by powdery mildew – 8-15 %
  • Injury by rust – 6-12 %
  • Winter hardiness – 8.2 points
  • It does not form flowering shoots in the year of sowing
  • The average height of the inflorescences – 16.2 cm
  • The seeds are medium in size
  • 1000 seeds weight – 2.20 g
  • Protein content in dry matter (DM) – 11.8-14.2 %
  • Fiber content in DM – 21.1-22.3 %
  • Digestibility – 65.8 %
  • Regenerates quickly after cuts or grazing
  • Suitable for mixtures with other perennial grasses for establishing long-term pastures and meadows

* Data of variety tests at Plunge and Pasvalys AVT stations, 2003-2005.

In trials of LRCAF IA (LAMMC ŽI) varieties, an average yield of 51.26 t/ha of green mass and 15.69 t/ha of dry matter was obtained from this variety.

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


Recommended sowing rate: 12-14 kg/ha