Richmond

Description

Richmond Timothy is adapted to a cool and humid climate, and thrives best on rich, moist bottomlands or on finer textured soils, such as clay loams - not on coarser soils. It prefers a pH of 5.5 to 7.0. Timothy will grow on low fertility soils, but is better in high fertility soil. It is not well adapted to wet, flat land or standing water. It has poor recovery in limited moisture conditions, and does not tolerate drought, but has high tolerance to cold temperatures and ice.

Key Features

Very good forage quality
Early maturity
Very good forage yield
Very good spring vigour
Very good winterhardiness

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Ratings

Scale 1-9, where 9 = best or most pronounced

Disease Resistance

8

Maturity

2

Quality

8

Seasonal Growth

1

Spring Growth

6

Stress Tolerance

3

Yield

7

Winter Hardiness

9

General Characteristics

Livestock Cattle , Horses , Sheep

Usage Hay , Silage , Pasture

Segment Forage

Species Timothy

Sci. Name Phleum pratense

Ploidy Hexaploid

Plant Characteristics

Winter Hardiness 9

Time of Head Emergence Early

Stem Color Green

Stem Node Color Green

Leaf Length Medium-Long

Leaf Width Medium

Emergence (Days) 10

Growth Habit Semi-Erect

Maturity Early

Seed Characteristics

Seed Weight 0.67g/1000 Seeds

Forage Quality Characteristics

Seeding Information

Approx. Seeds/Lb. 1,152,000

Approx. Seeds/Kg. 2534400

Seeding Rate - Alone/New (Kg./Hectare) 14-17

Seeding Rate - Alone/New (Lbs./Acre) 12-15

Planting Times Spring, Late Summer-Early Fall

Seeding Rate - Mixes (Kg./Hectare) 3-7

Seeding Rate - Mixes (Lbs./Acre) 2-6