Kentucky bluegrass (Poa pratensis L.)
Characteristics
- Yield based on 3 harvests/season
- Seeds/pound: 2,177,000
- Seeding rate: 10-15 lbs pure live seed/acre
- Seeding date: frost seed, early spring, late summer before August 15
- Sod forming grass, shallow root system
- Survives in infertile, overgrazed pastures
- Good for grazing only, especially horse pastures
Advantages
- good quality possible
- good tolerance to close grazing
- withstands animal traffic
Concerns
- very low yield potential
- poor drought and heat tolerance, dormant in summer
- not suited to poorly-drained soils
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