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Festuca pratensis Huds.

A mid-late, high yielding meadow fescue with excellent quality and fast regrowth

  • Forage usage
  • Excellent yields
  • Good fodder quality
  • Very good winterhardness
  • Fast regrowth
  • Yield – 10.572 t/ha
  • Aftermath yield – 4.429 t/ha
  • Yield in the first year – 11.556 t/ha
  • Yield in the second year – 10.696 t/ha
  • Yield in the third year – 9.231 t/ha
  • Injuries during the winter – 2.9 %
  • Density in spring after wintering – 95.2 %
  • First-year aftermath dry matter – 205.5 g/kg
  • Heading time – late (7 points)
  • Maturation time – medium
  • Winter hardiness – excellent
  • Resistance to lodging – medium
  • Resistance to diseases – medium
  • Resistance to drought – medium
  • Seed yield – 400-600 kg/ha
  • Seed yield potential – 800 kg/ha
  • 1000 seed weight – 2.5 g
  • Purpose of use – for fodder
  • Total yield – 10.298 t/ha
  • Yield of the 1st cut – 4.402 t/ha
  • Yield of the 2nd cut – 3.606 t/ha
  • Yield of the 3rd cut – 2.786 t/ha
  • Injuries after winter – 3 %
  • Digestibility of the 1st cut (D value) – 697 (g/kg DM)
  • Digestibility (D value) of the 2nd cut – 699 (g/kg DM)
  • Digestibility of the 3rd cut (D value) – 700 (g/kg DM)
  • Protein content in the 1st cut – 141 (g/kg DM)
  • Protein content in the 2nd cut – 155 (g/kg DM)
  • Protein content in the 3rd cut – 140 (g/kg DM)

*According to research in Finland (BOREAL)

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


Recommended sowing rate: 12-14 kg/ha