Orchard Grass
Orchardgrass is a perennial, cool-season bunchgrass best suited for fertile, light to medium soils with good drainage. It can persist on moderately poor drained soils. Orchardgrass has good winterhardiness, tolerance to shade and moderate tolerance to drought. It is an excellent choice for pasture, hay, greenchop or silage and is well adapted to grow with legumes such as clover and alfalfa. There is typically a 10 to 20 day spread in heading date between early and late maturing varieties. Use a later heading variety as a companion to alfalfa.
Establishment
Orchardgrass can be planted either in early spring or late summer depending on area of country being grown. Orchardgrass is suited for light to medium soils with good drainage. Seeding depth is generally .25 to .50 inches in a firm seed bed. Rolling or using a cultipacker after seeding ensures even germination and emergence.
Management
Orchardgrass is very responsive to fertilizer and aftermath production can be excellent with proper fertility and split N applications. For optimum 1st harvest yield and quality, orchardgrass should be harvested in early-mid boot stage at a cutting height of 3 to 4 inches so it can recover quickly and persistence can be maintained. For grazing, excellent grazing management is required to maintain ersistence and productivity. Graze to 3 to 4 inches and rest 28 days in between rotations. Orchardgrass does not persist well under continuous grazing.
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Athos
$4.45 per lb
Total (50 lbs): $222.50Athos Orchardgrass Seed from DLF is one of the latest maturing varieties with good fall growth that ranked #1 in official UK grazing trials.
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Baraula
$3.15 per lb
Total (25 lbs): $78.75Baraula Orchardgrass Seed from Barenbrug Seeds exhibits a high leaf-to-stem ratio and has proven to withstand weather extremes.
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BarExcel
$1.50 per lb
Total (50 lbs): $75.00BarExcel Orchardgrass Seed from Barenbrug Seeds is an intermediate maturing variety with superior dry matter production with excellent palatability.
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Baridana
$2.65 per lb
Total (25 lbs): $66.25Baridana Orchardgrass Seed from Barenbrug is a late-maturing choice without the clumping that is very winter hardy variety.
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Barlemas
$4.12 per lb
Total (50 lbs): $206.00Welcome to Byron Seeds only Point of Sale Site. We carry the best products from Barenbrug Seeds, including Barlemas Seed.
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Echelon
$4.45 per lb
Total (50 lbs): $222.50DLF Echelon Orchardgrass Seed from DLF is very winter hardy and extremely late heading-its a huge yielder.
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Echelon Organic
$5.95 per lb
Total (50 lbs): $297.50A late heading orchardgrass with excellent dry matter yields.
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Endurance
$4.35 per lb
Total (50 lbs): $217.50Endurance Orchardgrass Seed from DLF Seeds has been bread for grazing and has a plant type and maturity that is a perfect pair for legumes.
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HLR Blend
$3.92 per lb
Total (25 lbs): $98.00HLR Blend Orchargrass Seed from Barenbrug Seeds is a highly digestible and disease resistant seed that is widely adaptable.
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Intensiv
$2.70 per lb
Total (25 lbs): $67.50Intensive Orchardgrass Seed from Barenbrug was bred specifically for increased animal nutrition resulting in an increase in milk and meat production.
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Kingfisher KF Orchardgrass OG Blend North
$4.58 per lb
Total (25 lbs): $114.50Byron Seeds Kingfisher KF Orchardgrass OG Blend North Seed is a blend of our best, late-heading orchardgrasses seed, including Intensiv, Niva and Athos with soft leaves for high digestibility. Product may vary depending on premium seed in stock.
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Kingfisher KF Orchardgrass OG Blend South
$4.58 per lb
Total (25 lbs): $114.50Byron Seeds Kingfisher KF Orchardgrass Blend South Seed usually consists of two or more varieties proven to do well in heat and drought conditions.
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Quickdraw
$4.00 per lb
Total (50 lbs): $200.00Early Maturing, tested in the south. Does not match up with alfalfa well.
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Zora or Otello Organic Orchardgrass
$6.13 per lb
Total (50 lbs): $306.50Certified organic medium to late heading orchardgrass with excellent dry matter yields.
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