Brome grasses require high fertility levels and well-drained soils.
Description
There are at least three major families of bromegrass: Smooth, Meadow and Mountain or Alaskan. However, only two of these, Meadow and Mountain, have been improved by European breeding programs. Improved bromegrass is quick to establish and provides a high quality, high yielding forage that works well as a companion with alfalfa.
Management
Bromegrass requires high fertility levels and well-drained soils. Recommended seeding depth is 1/2".
Smooth
Description:
- Sod-forming grass
- Good drought tolerance
- Excellent overwintering ability
- Early heading
Hakari
Description:
- Late maturing and very high yielding
- Higher feed quality than orchardgrass and holds quality even if in seed head
- It is fast to establish but persists for only 3 years
- Difficult to establish unless seeded in monoculture
Zones: 1,2,3,4,5,6
Fleet Meadow Brome
Description:
- More tolerant to grazing and higher in both yield and forage quality
- It has excellent palatability and is a super dry-weather grass
- Heading date similar to mid-range orchardgrass
Zones: 1,2,3,4,5
Cache Meadow Brome
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- Long lived cool season
- Increased yield and fast emergence
- Excellent forage
- Highly palatable and widely used for hay, pasture and forage production
- Excellent drought tolerance
- Better suited for pasture
Carlton Brome
Description:
- Perennial cool season grass
- Hay and pasture applications
- High yielding
- Palatable
- Persistent
- Early spring growth
- Late maturity