Organic Pasture Grass Seed
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(New Formula!) Made with Certified Organic Seed, this Certified Organic Pasture Mix is a good mix of early and medium maturing grasses that are nutritious, heat & drought tolerant and high yielding.

Our Certified Organic Pasture Mix contains grasses that provide grazing early in the stand life and others that are sod forming thus offering longevity to the stand. The combination in this mix provides producers with a highly productive, long term pasture that will produce in a variety of conditions. Plant at 35 to 40lbs per acre in a stand alone planting less for overseeding.

• 10% Timothy
• 30% Niva Orchardgrass
• 30% Laura Meadow Fescue
• 10% Calibra Perennial Ryegrass
• 20% Premium Perennial Ryegrass

Certified Organic Kora Tall Fescue is an endophyte-free, high yielding, highly palatable endophyte free tall fescue that is well suited for grazing, stockpiling or haymaking.
Kora's medium maturity makes it a great complimentary grass for haymaking and its high palatability makes it an exceptional choice in grazing mixtures. Kora produces durable, high quality pastures that can withstand abuse once they are established. To achieve this, careful stand management during the first year of establishment is essential for long term productivity.

• Kora Tall Fescue was originated in Central Europe and this resulted in Kora being a very cold and drought tolerant variety.
• Kora is best adapted to the northern portion of the tall fescue growing areas.
• For stand alone planting use 20 - 25 lbs per acre. 4 - 10 lbs in a mix and 5 - 8 lbs per acre when planted with alfalfa.
• Kora can be planted spring or fall
• Kora should be planted into a well prepared seedbed no deeper than 1/4-1/2"
• To extend a thinning alfalfa stand, you can no-till drill, but fescues do not no-till drill too well unless something is done to kill or retard the existing stand, otherwise, there is too much competition from already established grasses/weeds.

Management
To maximize plant growth during the first year, keep the Kora plant heighth at a 3-10" range. Once the newly seeded plants are firmly rooted, they should be lightly grazed or machine mowed several times before heavy use to promote tillering. Under good growing conditions this could be 6-7 weeks after a spring sowing or 10-12 weeks for an early autumn sowing. Defer making hay until late in the season of the first year. Once established, Kora should be grazed starting at the 6-8" heighth, leaving a 3" stubble.

• Stand alone planting rate: 20-25lbs per acre
• In Mixes: 4-10 lbs per acre

A cool season grass that grows in clumps, producing open sod. It's usually drought tolerant, but will withstand high light intensity . It will persist in shallow, reasonably infertile soil, and be moderately productive under those conditions. NIVA, is a late maturing, very winter hardy seed with good persistence and palatability.

This species is about 6 days later heading than the typical early maturing varieties. Calibra possesses very high disease resistance, and tolerates close grazing. It is very winter hardy. In areas that experience periodic winter kill, Calibra should help improve the chances of having a successful stand. Mixed with white clover, it produces a very high quality stand. Calibra has equal or better yields than many popular varieties and works well for haylage or green chop.

25 - 40lbs/acre alone and 2- 20 lbs in mixes

Spring Green Festulolium is a cross between festucas (meadow fescue/tall fescue) and lolium (Italian ryegrass). The result is a combination of high quality and good winter hardiness, persistence and stress tolerance. Festilolium can be used to successfully extend the growth of high quality grass in cold regions.

Spring Green Festulolium has better winter hardiness and drought tolerance than other Festilolium varieties. Over-grazing is not a problem with Festulolium as both species, fescue and rye, can withstand heavy grazing. This hybrid grass seed should be seeded as part of a pasture mix such as with tall fescue, meadow fescue, or orchardgrass - something that does not grow very tall. Legumes like clover or trefoil could also be used as a mix with Festulolium.

Planting rate: 25 lbs/acre if drilled. 40 lbs/acre if broadcast and harrowed.

Organic Storm Intermediate Ryegrass offers exceptional yields of high quality forage in early spring and rapid regrowth after defoliation. Organic Storm has a late heading date and offers great adaptability with other grasses in mixtures, making Storm an excellent component in pasture mixes.

Intermediate ryegrass is a cross between Italian Ryegrass and Perennial Ryegrass, combining the early spring growth and high yields of Italian Ryegrass with the quality, persistence and disease resistance of Perennial Ryegrass.

Climax is a leafy variety that is rust resistant. Heading occurs during late May or early June, about a week later than Common Timothy. The best stands of Timothy are obtained when seeds are sown not deeper than 1/2 inch in a well-prepared soil. A firm seedbed is essential to the successful establishment of small-seeded grasses such as Timothy. A firm seedbed allows greater regulation in seeding depth, holds moisture better, and increases seed-to-soil contact.

For more information about establishing Timothy seed, click this link for a pdf download.

Bromegrass is a leafy, deep-rooted, sod-forming perennial grass that is very persistent. It is best suited for hay or spring pasture. Forage quality compares well with other cool-season grasses. Grows best on well-drained silt-loam or clay-loam soils. Bromegrass will survive but go dormant during periods of drought and extremes in temperature. It requires early spring and fall applications of nitrogen to maintain high yields in a pure stand. Begin grazing at 8-10 inches and remove animals when eaten down to 4 inches. A re-growth period of 28 - 35 days between grazing periods is optimum. Seed early spring or late summer.

Hakari Mountain Brome is considered the Mutua for the colder Northern climates. It is very fast in establishing and regrowth. The feed quality is high and it can be used as a companion with alfalfa. Hakari is late maturing and very high yielding and not susceptible to smut. Hakari is known for having very good early growth, good summer growth and is very winter hardy.

Establishment
Plant seed about 1/4" deep. Most problems with Bromgrass occur when the seed is planted too deep.