Blade Italian ryegrass is an exciting new broad leafed, densely tillered diploid Italian ryegrass, bred for fast establishment and very strong year-round growth with high winter, spring yields to help minimise feed deficits at that time of the year.
Being very late heading and with very good disease resistance, it will maintain feed quality for up to 10 days longer into spring than traditional Italian ryegrasses, making it ideally suited for improved milk yields and for improved livestock finishing around this time.
Product Features
- Rapid establishment and re-growth
- High yield performance across all seasons
- Strong winter and spring growth
- Very late heading for maintaining pasture quality longer into spring (is 7 - 10 days later heading than most Italian ryegrasses).
- Very good disease resistance
- An ideal winter feed, or short term grass with potential to last 18-24+ months, subject to climate and management
- Suitable all livestock types.
New Zealand Agent:
Ravensdown
Agronomic Information:
| Ploidy: |
Diploid |
| Heading date: |
Very late |
| Persistence: |
18-24+ months (subject to climate, insect pest pressure and management) |
| Endophyte forms: |
Nil endophyte |
| Sowing rate: |
20-25kg/hectare as sole grass species |
| Sowing depth: |
1-2 cm |
| Sowing dates: |
Autumn and spring |
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