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Festuca pratensis Huds.
A mid-early high-yielding diploid meadow fescue with very good winterhardiness and high resistance to lodging
  • High dry matter yield
  • High plants
  • Leafy (up to 43.9 %)
  • Resistant to lodging
  • Excellent winter hardiness
  • Long inflorescences
  • Highest seed yield
  • High protein content
  • Recommended for medium early mixtures with other grasses or legumes for long-term pastures and meadows
  • Vegetation period until the 1st harvest – 151 day
  • Yield of dry matter – 12.3 t/ha
  • Plants are tall – 86-104 cm
  • The length of the panicles – 19.5 cm
  • The height of plants with inflorescences at the beginning of flowering (before the 1st harvest) – 85.8 cm
  • Winter hardiness – 7.8 points
  • Resistance to lodging – 8.3 points
  • Foliage – 43.9 %
  • Resistance to leaf diseases – medium
  • Seed yield – 670 kg/ha
  • Seed yield potential – 1.11 t/ha
  • Protein content in the dry matter of the green mass – 13.2 %
  • Fiber content – 28.8 %
  • Water-soluble carbohydrates – 20.5 %
  • Digestibility – 73.6 %
  • Suitable for creating medium-early mixtures with other perennial grasses for long-term pastures, meadows
*Variety testing data at Plunge and Pasvalys AVT stations, 2012-2013
  • Persistent
  • High yielding
  • Winter hardy
  • Drought tolerant
  • Undemanding to the soil
  • Grows poorly in wet and acidic soils
  • Suitable for both haying and grazing
  • Sown in mixtures

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


Recommended sowing rate: 12-14 kg/ha