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Tetraploid Perennial Ryegrass
A specialist winter feed with exceptional cool-season performance.
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Get startedZoom, a densely tillered and highly palatable tetraploid Westerwold annual ryegrass, bred as a specialist winter feed with high forage quality. Zoom boasts strong autumn, winter and spring growth activity complemented by fast establishment and re-growth. With high metabolisable energy, digestibility, and tetraploid quality, Zoom stands out for its palatability. Late heading ensures prolonged feed quality into late spring. Ideal for a winter break crop, especially before or after maize and for silage and hay making.
Where it fits
A proven high performance winter feed, plus a silage or hay crop.
Agronomic Information
- Ploidy: Tetraploid
- Heading date: Late
- Persistence: 8-10 months*
- Rust resistance: 9**
- Endophyte: Nil
*subject to climate, insect pest pressure and management
**1 = Susceptible, 9 = Resistant
Available Endophytes
Fungal endophytes exist naturally in symbiosis with ryegrasses, helping to protect plants from insect attack and improving pasture persistence. In New Zealand many ryegrass cultivars contain endophyte, passed down within the seed. These include the naturally occurring Standard Endophyte (SE) and novel endophytes AR1, NEA2 and CM142, each providing a different level of plant protection.
While endophytes help to protect against insects, some endophytes can impact livestock performance, including causing grass staggers and heat stress. Therefore, it is important to consider animal health when selecting an endophyte that is best suited to your farms environment and the livestock class being grazed.
Nil
Animal safety
Recommend for:
- Dairy
- Beef
- Sheep
- Deer
- Goats
Ryegrass staggers
Does not cause ryegrass staggers or heat stress.
Insect pest control
Provides no insect pest control.
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Sowing Information
- Sowing rate: 25-30kg/Ha
- Pasture mix: 10-15kg/Ha
- Sowing depth: 1-2cm
- Sowing season: Autumn
Our sowing guides are a great way to compare a broad range of forage grasses.
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