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Legume
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Ladino Clover | Korean Lespedeza | Red Clover | Sweetclover | White Dutch Clove

Grass
Grass Seed | Orchardgrass | Tall Fescue | Perennial Ryegrass | K. Bluegrass | Timothy | Reed Canarygrass
Smooth Bromegrass | Big  Bluestem | Switchgrass | Indiangrass | Sorghum  X  Sudan | Sudangrass

TimothyPhleum pratense L.

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Longevity:

Perennial
Palatability:

High
Winter Hardiness:

Good
Growth Habit:

Bunchgrass
Drought Tolerance:

Poor
Cool or Warm Season:

Cool

Use and Comments:

Medium to high-yielding, cool season pasture and hay (no more than 3 cut system with legume included).
Distribution in U.S.:

Upper Midwest and Northeast.
Height:
 20-40 inches.
Round.
Leaves:
 Cilia on leaf margin and shoulders; no auricles present; lacerated ligule; cross section of leaf blade flat.
Inflorescence:
 Compact and spikelike panicle; 1 floret per spikelet.

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Soil
Drainage:
 Somewhat Poorly Drained
Fertility:
 Medium
pH:
 5.4-6.2
 
 
Seed
Color:
 Light tan.
Shape:
 Wedge-shaped; bare seed round with thin, silvery lemma attached.
Pounds Per Bushel:
 45
Seeds Per Pound:
 1,230,000
Seeding Rate:
 3-6 pounds PLS per acre (heavier rate for spring planting).
Seeding Date (Indiana):
 Feb 1-May1 or Aug 1-Sept 1
Emergence Time (Days):
 10
Optimum Germ. Temp. (F):
 60-85

 

 

 

 

For more forage information contact Dr. Keith Johnson: johnsonk@purdue.edu

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