Extremely reliable year on year and well suited to WA’s unique growing environment. Abundant has optimal full season production. A Tetraploid with exceptional plant vigour, very high forage yielding ability, stress tolerance and disease resistance. Stays green longer into the late spring when managed appropriately. Abundant continues to set the benchmark for Tetraploid Ryegrasses in WA.
Key attributes
- Excellent early vigour providing excellent early production
- Very high forage yield across the full season
- Stays green longer into late spring when well managed
- Highly palatable with good disease resistance
- Finer stemmed with excellent silage and hay attributes
- Excellent regrowth after silage or hay cuts
About this variety
Abundant Tetraploid Annual Ryegrass is suitable to all farming systems where farmers are looking for increased production over the longer growing season. Abundant is finer stemmed, has excellent silage and hay making attributes and combined with its high forage quality will provide an excellent supplementary feed alternative. Although this variety has been in the market for some time, Abundant consistently produces high yields over a wide range of environmental conditions, year in year out.
Abundant is very adaptable to a wide range of growing conditions in Western Australia. Abundant has the potential to extend the vegetative production into late spring where the crop has been managed appropriately and there is sufficient moisture and crop nutrition. Abundant is a true westerwoldicum type that exhibits broad dark green leaves with a strong upright growth habit and has good tolerance to short periods of waterlogging.
Planting & grazing notes
Optimal planting is autumn. Check your optimal sowing time, a combination of good soil moisture and suitable soil temperatures, and ensure you have adequate soil moisture with the possibility of follow up rain. Choose the right sowing method to ensure good seed to soil contact; if broadcasting, it is often beneficial to drag harrows, mesh or a light rubber tyre roller behind your seed drill (not advised for wet soils that may crust). Fertilise to encourage germination and establishment. Control any persistent unpalatable weeds quickly to reduce competition for light, nutrients and moisture. Once established, ensure plants are not prone to pulling to allow the root structure to establish a strong hold, then lightly graze at approximately 6 weeks or 8-10 cm high to increase tiller density. Rotate or strip graze to give pasture time to recover, regrow and store energy in the roots before the next grazing.
Disease & pest resistance
Good disease resistance.
Stand life
Annual — single growing season
How it's sold
| Form | Pack | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Bare | 25 kg | In stock |