- Location
- Cornwall.
FREE!!! 5kg trial bags of "LOFA" festulolium grass seed.
Ideal to sow with an acre of new re-seed or as a pure stand of one third of an acre.
Nine bags available, all you need to do is add a "yes please" to this thread and then PM your name/address and contact telephone number to me and I'll arrange delivery.
** I've given away quite a bit of seed the last two years and it would be nice for those who have missed out in the past to perhaps get a look in this time around **
*MAINLAND UK ONLY*
Lofa was developed in the Czech Republic by crossing Italian Ryegrass with tall fescue. Selection was then based on ryegrass type plants showing high forage quality and fast growth. The result is plant that looks like a ryegrass, with the performance of an improved hybrid ryegrass.
Forage Yield:
From its Italian Ryegrass Parent, Lofa gets tremendous 1st year dry matter yield, and continues the high yield into the 2nd and 3rd year. In University trials, Lofa is typically in the highest group for forage yield, up through the 3rd production year. Growth starts early in the spring and then maintains high yields through the harvest season.
Forage Quality:
Another characteristic inherited from its ryegrass parent is high forage quality. Quality data from samples harvested late season at the DLF Hladke Ziovotice Researd Data, showed Lofa had a RFQ of 128 and RVR of 119. This placed Lofa above Meadow Fescue for forage quality and just under High Sugar Perennial ryegrass. In the UK, Lofa showed 15% sugar in DM, higher than the standard perennial ryegrass.
Milk/acre:
When DM yield is combined with forage quality, over the first two years, Lofa will produce more milk/acre than hybrid ryegrass, perennial ryegrass and tall fescue.
Persistence:
Tall fescue genetics contribute to the persistence of Lofa. A stronger root system, allows Lofa to maintain growth into the summer better than straight ryegrass. Winter cold survival of Lofa is better than hybrid ryegrass, and comparable to perennial ryegrass (based on Pennsylvania data).
Ideal to sow with an acre of new re-seed or as a pure stand of one third of an acre.
Nine bags available, all you need to do is add a "yes please" to this thread and then PM your name/address and contact telephone number to me and I'll arrange delivery.
** I've given away quite a bit of seed the last two years and it would be nice for those who have missed out in the past to perhaps get a look in this time around **
*MAINLAND UK ONLY*
Lofa was developed in the Czech Republic by crossing Italian Ryegrass with tall fescue. Selection was then based on ryegrass type plants showing high forage quality and fast growth. The result is plant that looks like a ryegrass, with the performance of an improved hybrid ryegrass.
Forage Yield:
From its Italian Ryegrass Parent, Lofa gets tremendous 1st year dry matter yield, and continues the high yield into the 2nd and 3rd year. In University trials, Lofa is typically in the highest group for forage yield, up through the 3rd production year. Growth starts early in the spring and then maintains high yields through the harvest season.
Forage Quality:
Another characteristic inherited from its ryegrass parent is high forage quality. Quality data from samples harvested late season at the DLF Hladke Ziovotice Researd Data, showed Lofa had a RFQ of 128 and RVR of 119. This placed Lofa above Meadow Fescue for forage quality and just under High Sugar Perennial ryegrass. In the UK, Lofa showed 15% sugar in DM, higher than the standard perennial ryegrass.
Milk/acre:
When DM yield is combined with forage quality, over the first two years, Lofa will produce more milk/acre than hybrid ryegrass, perennial ryegrass and tall fescue.
Persistence:
Tall fescue genetics contribute to the persistence of Lofa. A stronger root system, allows Lofa to maintain growth into the summer better than straight ryegrass. Winter cold survival of Lofa is better than hybrid ryegrass, and comparable to perennial ryegrass (based on Pennsylvania data).
