Perennial Ryegrass: Argona
Variety for forage using, medium high (about 80 cm), resistant to frost and dry weather. Properly utilized long stays in the composition of the sward. Foliage very good (ca. 62%). 1000 seed weight 1.9 g. Early vegetation begins.
Yield of green mass - about 1,085 dt / ha dry matter yield - about 195 dt / ha dry matter digestibility - about 78%, protein content in dry matter - about 14%, sugar content in dry matter - about 12%. Very tasty, readily eaten in the pasture.
Soil conditions:
The best goes on fertile mineral soils in the high culture of regulated water relations. Optimum pH: 5.5 - 7.0. Best if seeding after root and legume.
Fertilization:
Before sowing plantations for green use: P2O5: 100 - 120 kg / ha, K2O: 100 - 120 kg / ha, N: 50 - 60 kg / ha. In the spring before moving: P2O5: 80 - 120 kg / ha K2O: 60 - 80 kg / ha, N: 60 - 80 kg / ha. After each swath N: 60 - 80kg/ha. In July, the dose of K2O: 60 - 80 kg / ha. The cultivation of for seeds before sowing, fertilization, such as in the cultivation for green. After harvesting the seeds at once in the spring. Doses of NPK as in the cultivation of green matter.
Sowing:
The best from August to mid September. Spring seeding can be used from the third decade of April. To pasture and to mixtures sown: 15 - 20 kg / ha, seed plantation: 15 kg / ha in pure stand. Seed Depth: 1 cm. Spacing of rows: 15 - 25 cm.
Cultivation:
The use of grazing is necessary to maintain continuity of grazing or mowing, removing molehill. In the case of severe infestation, you can use the typical cereal herbicides for weed control dicotyledonous or Starane. The newly established plantations and pasture frequent use cuttings. Herbicides can be applied only after the formation of 7 leaves, according to the recommendations.
Harvesting:
The optimal time for first grazing is 2 to 15 May. By the autumn of 6 -7 grazing. In use on green masse, first swath about 8 June. By autumn four cuts. The harvesting of seeds at the end of June.







