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northeastern Ohio | Current price for "Dessie's Summer Lovegrass" is $100 for 25#. Dessie is variety of Teff. The Dessie that I stock is uncoated. Since it is uncoated, it only needs to be sown at 3-4# per acre. Here is the official description of it:
New high yielding warm season annual forage grass variety
Excellent palatability and forage quality
Ideal for horses and other livestock
Great for use as an emergency forage crop and for double cropping
Good for interseeding thin alfalfa stands in final year of production
Excellent rotational crop when replacing alfalfa or perennial grass
stands
Can be used as a green manure crop and for erosion control
Dessie Teff is a new warm season annual grass variety developed for high forage
production and forage quality without the problems of other summer annual grasses such
as prussic acid or nitrate buildup. Dessie makes the ideal hay for horses with great
palatability, digestibility, a mineral content high in calcium and iron and an attractive
green color which is important for the premium horse hay market. Dessie is widely
adapted throughout the United States and will tolerate drought conditions as well as wet
soils. Dessie is a low input crop that has very few disease or pest problems and does not
require high amounts of fertilizer for optimum production. Remember, for profitable
summer forage production, Dessie is the answer.
Management Recommendations
Planting:
• Plant after all risk of frost has passed. Typically late May through late July. Teff does not
germinate well in cool soils
• Seeding rate 8 to 12 lbs/acre for coated seed
• Broadcast or drill
• Firm seedbed
• Seeding depth 1/8 to 1/4 inch
• Emergence in 3 to 6 days under optimum conditions
Fertilizer:
• Teff needs adequate Phosphorous, Potassium and Sulfur – SOIL TEST
• 50 pounds Nitrogen per acre at planting. Small amounts of N may be needed after
each cutting, however too much N causes severe lodging.
Harvest:
• For optimum quality, harvest in pre-boot to early boot stage, approximately
45 to 50 days after planting
• Harvest regrowth in 40 to 45 days depending on location and environmental
conditions
• Cutting height 3 to 4 inches | |
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Teff seed?
