WETHERBY
Lolium perenne
- Superb for Grazing
- Excellent for Cutting
- Excellent Winter Hardiness
- Excellent Persistence
- Good Resistance to Crown Rust.
Our new late heading perennial ryegrass, WETHERBY, is an excellent all round variety, ideal for including in both grazing and cutting mixtures
GRAZING
Being a late heading variety WETHERBY is ideal.
"Excellent yield, D-value and ME yield under simulated grazing" NIAB
CUTTING
"Excellent yields under conservation management, with excellent ground cover in the third harvest year." NIAB
Excellent winter hardiness.
Good resistance to crown rust.
Technical Specifications
- Perennial ryegrass
- Listed/recommended in UK
Performance of WETHERBY in NIAB trialsSource: LATE PERENNIAL RYEGRASS DIPLOID VARIETIES Recommended list 2022/2023. Scale: 1-9, 1=poor 9=good |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grazing yield | Grazing D-value | Grazing ME Yield | Cutting yield year 1 | 1st & 2nd cut ME yield 1st harvest year |
Cutting yield year 3 | Ground Cover% (3rd harvest year) | Winter Hardiness | Crown Rust resistance | |
| Late Diploid Mean |
98 | 76.4 | 97 | 94 | 94 | 97 | 65 | 7.1 | 5.8 |
| Wetherby | 102 | 77.7 | 102 | 100 | 100 | 104 | 69 | 7.6 | 7.7 |
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Perennial ryegrass 2n
High-yield diploid Perennial Ryegrass for temperate regions. Mixes with white clover. Varied types, diploid/tetraploid. Suitable for most soils.