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 Orchardgrass
$5.00 per lb
Total (50 lbs): $250.00Athos 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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Echelon Orchardgrass
$5.00 per lb
Total (50 lbs): $250.00DLF Echelon Orchardgrass Seed from DLF is very winter hardy and extremely late heading-its a huge yielder.
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Echelon Organic
$6.70 per lb
Total (50 lbs): $335.00A late heading orchardgrass with excellent dry matter yields.
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Endurance Orchardgrass
$4.50 per lb
Total (50 lbs): $225.00Endurance 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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Kingfisher KF Orchardgrass OG Blend North
$5.05 per lb
Total (25 lbs): $126.25Byron 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
$4.80 per lb
Total (25 lbs): $120.00Byron 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 Orchardgrass
$4.50 per lb
Total (50 lbs): $225.00Early Maturing, tested in the south. Does not match up with alfalfa well.
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Sundown Orchardgrass
$5.00 per lb
Total (50 lbs): $250.00Later maturing. aggressive tillering orchard grass. Get yours here!
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