Timothy seeds, Green carpet * kg

Meadow timothy is a perennial herb. This plant is the most widespread among other cereal grasses. Seeds of timothy grass are grown in their pure form, growing timothy in a mixture with leguminous herbs increases soil fertility and improves its structure. Timothy is a plant of the winter-spring form of development. The grass forms small loose bushes. The stems of the meadow timothy are straight, hollow, cylindrical in shape, the roots are fibrous. The leaves are flat, long and narrow. The inflorescence is an ear. The fruit is a filmy caryopsis of an oval shape and a gray shade. Seeds of timothy grass in the amount of 1000 pieces weigh 0.4-0.8 grams. Timothy is a frost-resistant herb that grows and develops well on nutritious, moderately moist soils and even acidic soils. Meadow timothy does not tolerate drought. Timothy grass is common in non-chernozem, forest-steppe zones of Russia. The plant is rich in nutrients, therefore it is actively used in agriculture for pasture and haymaking purposes. Timothy is harvested for hay, silage, haylage, grass flour. Young shoots of timothy are eaten with pleasure by cows, horses, sheep, goats. After haymaking, the plant grows back very slowly. The disadvantages of timothy include a tendency to rapid stiffness. From what the grass becomes unsuitable for animal feed. Sowing: Timothy is sown under the cover of winter or spring cereals. The seeding rate of timothy with wide-row sowing is 4 – 6 kg / ha, with continuous row 8 – 10 kg / ha. The seeding depth is small: 1 – 2 cm. Timothy grass seeds begin to germinate at a temperature of + 1 … 2 ° C. The optimum temperature for plant development is +18 – 19 ° С. When feeding with organic and mineral fertilizers, meadow timothy is able to double the yield! The optimal time for harvesting herbal mixtures of timothy and clover for hay is the period when timothy throws out panicles, and clover begins to form buds. Plant seeds appear in the second year of plant development.