Organic Orchardgrass
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 1/4 to 1/2 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.
Certified Organic
Organic seeds are grown by certified organic growers that adhere to the strict organic practices required by the Organic Food Production Act of 1990. No chemical fertilizer, pesticides, insecticides, fungicides, or herbicides are allowed in the production of this seed. Genetic purity is maintained throughout the production, processing, and packaging of this seed. Organic certificate available upon request.
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Athos Organic
$5.90 per lb
Total (50 lbs): $295.00Athos Orchargrass 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 Organic
$5.95 per lb
Total (50 lbs): $297.50A late heading orchardgrass with excellent dry matter yields.
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Niva Organic
$6.13 per lb
Total (50 lbs): $306.50Certified Organic Niva Orchardgrass Seed from DLF is a medium late heading orchardgrass ideal for fields too wet to harvest in early spring.
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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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