Type of grass

[Flat 10]

Is this Yorkshire fog?
@Princess Pooper anyone else

 

[onthehoof]

Could be- this is YF - looks similar

 

[Flat 10]

Pretty unpalatable to stock?

 

[digger64]

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Is this Yorkshire fog?
@Princess Pooper anyone else

Meadow foxtail

 

[digger64]

It's ok OTE="Flat 10, post: 5209896, member: 1880"]Pretty unpalatable to stock?[/QUOTE]
Its ok better than alot others

 

[Lazy Eric]

I’d say that is yorkshire fog. We used to have whole fields of the stuff and when it started seeding the fields were purple.If it went flat it was a barsteward to mow. Thank goodness for Glyphosate and ploughs.

 

[digger64]

I’d say that is yorkshire fog. We used to have whole fields of the stuff and when it started seeding the fields were purple.If it went flat it was a barsteward to mow. Thank goodness for Glyphosate and ploughs.

Better than annual meadow grass ,cocksfoot and rushes though, but if you are used to ryegrass you are right

 

[Princess Pooper]

Very definitely Yorkshire fog. Soft downy stem and leaves, often (not always) distinctive purple tint, the head will open up shortly and it looks different again. Stock not very fond of it, but will eat it, often a sign of a more acidic soil.

 

[Princess Pooper]

Meadow foxtail

Sorry, @digger64 no. Meadow foxtail very early heading, April-May and not usually pink tint, not as soft. Looks a bit like Timothy except Timothy is July-Aug heading, taller and less like a tapered fox's tail and more like a bullrush.


Meadow foxtail. Does anyone know that the other one is, possibly a brome, photo taken in early May.

 

[C.J]

@ p.p Soft Broom

 

[Flat 10]

View attachment 683470 Very definitely Yorkshire fog. Soft downy stem and leaves, often (not always) distinctive purple tint, the head will open up shortly and it looks different again. Stock not very fond of it, but will eat it, often a sign of a more acidic soil.

Incidentally its definitely not acidic soil. The stem and leaves are very hairy. Thanks for confirmation. Stock ate it better in hay (cut very young) then I thought they would last year.

 

[Flat 10]

Better than annual meadow grass ,cocksfoot and rushes though, but if you are used to ryegrass you are right

Cocksfoot is good stuff if it doesn't get too clumpy.......

 

[tinsheet]

Cocksfoot is good stuff if it doesn't get too clumpy.......

Needs to be well managed!

 

[Flat 10]

Needs to be well managed!

Makes lovely hay.

 

[Princess Pooper]

Makes lovely hay.

really quick regrowth after cutting too, good in a drought.

 

[ollie989898]

Cultivated cocksfoot is a slightly different bet than the wild stuff.

Fog is utter carp.

 

[Derrick Hughes]

You don't want that on your land .get it baled up and I will dispose of it for you as long as it's baled dry .won't charge you

 

[Lazy Eric]

Before we ploughed it out it fed my dad and grandads stock fine for many years before I came along with my fancy reseeding ways [emoji6]

 

[digger64]

Sorry, @digger64 no. Meadow foxtail very early heading, April-May and not usually pink tint, not as soft. Looks a bit like Timothy except Timothy is July-Aug heading, taller and less like a tapered fox's tail and more like a bullrush.


Meadow foxtail. Does anyone know that the other one is, possibly a brome, photo taken in early May.
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Black grass ?

 

[Dry Rot]

Yorkshire Fog hay can be very dusty. Suspected mould but it is the little hairs on the leaves that break off. Confirmed under the microscope. Horsey people don't like dust but I think that's harmless.