For good coverage and a lush lawn when ryegrass seeding, aim for the rate of 1.5 pounds of seed per 100 square feet. For small lawns, annual ryegrass can easily be spread by hand.

To control annual ryegrass in existing fescue fields, Philipp said, stock early to prevent seed head development. “Short-term, heavy stocking may help reduce ryegrass forage mass,” he said.

Ralph Upton Jr., of Springerton, Ill., said he began using annual ryegrass in the late 1990s as a cover crop in an effort to reduce soil erosion and improve soil health.

Watch 7@7 — now streaming You can use annual ryegrass if you want, but it is coarse textured, light green and rough to the touch. Perennial ryegrass is a much prettier grass and softer to the touch.

"While annual ryegrass has shown to be a good cover crop, it is also the most difficult grass cover crop to terminate." The publication provides information on selecting the right ryegrass seed, ...

Establishment Apply 10 pounds of annual ryegrass seed per 1,000 square feet, and 5 to 15 pounds of perennial ryegrass per 1,000 square feet. Use the higher rate if thicker stands of green grass ...

Already Midwest growers are purchasing upwards of 10 million pounds a year of annual ryegrass seed. Add to the mix a 20 to 40 percent blend of crimson clover seed, and Midwest sales easily could ...

Most of turf-type fescue seed is produced in Oregon because of its favorable climate. Unfortunately, annual ryegrass has infiltrated their production fields and controlling the weed during fescue ...

OVERTON -- Producers hoping to mitigate annual ryegrass growth for warm-season hay production have options and should start sooner than later, said a Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service expert.

Our local seed and feed stores are doing a hefty business right now supplying cattle growers with ryegrass seed to plant for winter forage for their stock. October is here and UF/IFAS recommends ...

There’s no need to rake or disturb the soil after applying the seed. That, in fact, will bring more weed seeds to the surface. By mid-fall, you should see grass seedling poking up through the existing ...

These are two separate items. There are about 230,000 seeds in a pound of perennial ryegrass, and about 435,000 seeds in a pound of chewings fescue. So, an 80:20 mixture of ryegrass to chewings fescue ...