gitnby
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has anyone sowed perenial ryegrass...its called itallian ryegrass here in Tn.....was wondering how long it last and if it holds up to heavy grazing..and yield for hay?............thanks
I have sowed it in a Bermuda hayfield before. You get to cut and bale it last of April- 1st of May. How much hay depends on how thick you sow it. Once the Bermuda starts in May, it is gone. I am guessing it would do well early in the year, or in a cooler climate, as forage, if there was no Bermuda to choke it out. And, it would re-seed itself, too, if allowed to grow long enough. We have some that were old food plots years ago, that comes in year after year. It gets almost no grazing pressure in the summer though, because there are other things they prefer. In the past we moved the cattle off in November before hunting season, and didn't put them back on that pasture til the middle of February. They would graze it til March or April until other things greened up.has anyone sowed perenial ryegrass...its called itallian ryegrass here in Tn.....was wondering how long it last and if it holds up to heavy grazing..and yield for hay?............thanks
It will, but just to some extent IMO. It never drops enough seed to get a full field germination, or maybe it's because of insects and birds but I've always found annual REproduction to be spotty the next year. and years after (this was in E Texas)The annual type will return next year if allowed to drop seed.
It's not a full stand of it, but I have it in the stand now due to seed dropping. The more types the better I like it.It will, but just to some extent IMO. It never drops enough seed to get a full field germination, or maybe it's because of insects and birds but I've always found annual REproduction to be spotty the next year. and years after (this was in E Texas)
The only perennial ryegrass I ever planted was in a lawn. I wish I had not. I crowds out a lot of other grasses. YRMV