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Centra Sota Cooperative A Day in the Life Cover Crop Series: Festulolium

Cover Crop Series: Festulolium

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Cover Crop Series: Festulolium

  • hpoppler
  • Sep 24, 2024
  • 1 min read

Updated: Oct 2, 2024

Welcome back to our weekly cover crop series! Every week, we spotlight a different cover crop, sharing tips on growing them and exploring their pros and cons. This week’s highlight: Festulolium!

Festulolium

Planting Details:

  • Should be planted between March and May or August and September.

  • The minimum germination temperature for planting is 40 degrees F.

  • On the winter hardiness scale, Festulolium is scored 5/5.

About Festulolium:

  • Cool-season forage grass and is both cold and heat tolerant.

  • Hybrid of meadow fescue or tall fescue with perennial or Italian ryegrass.

  • Fast-starting, high-quality forage for silage or pasture.

  • Performs well with snow cover, though not a permanent forage species making it suitable for cold weather.

Versatile!

  • Festulolium pairs well with other forage species such as alfalfa, clover, annual ryegrasses, perennial ryegrass, and others.

Management

  • Hay or Haylage Harvest (cut boot to mid-bloom).

Interested in learning more about crops or find info on how to get started?
Visit our Cover Crops page
, or Contact our Environmental Services team at
[email protected]