Organic Ryegrass, Intermediate (lb)

Organic Storm Intermediate Ryegrass occupies the middle ground between Italian and perennial ryegrass. Lolium × boucheanum combines the rapid establishment and strong early-spring yield associated with Italian ryegrass with greater persistence, forage quality, and disease resistance from perennial ryegrass parentage.

This makes Storm useful in pasture systems that need quick production but may remain in place beyond a single short season. Plants reach approximately 3–4 feet, head relatively late, and regrow rapidly after grazing when adequate leaf area and moisture remain. Late heading can extend the period of leafy forage, although nutritive value and recovery still depend on growth stage, fertility, weather, and grazing pressure.

Seed into a prepared bed with dependable establishment moisture. Protect new seedlings from close grazing until roots and crowns are secure, then use rotational management that leaves enough residual growth for recovery. Storm can be planted alone or combined with a compatible forage legume. The ryegrass itself needs no inoculant; any raw clover or other legume added to the stand must receive its own species-appropriate Rhizobium inoculant.

• Scientific Name: Lolium × boucheanum
• Certification: Certified organic seed
• Variety: Storm Intermediate Ryegrass
• Growth Habit: Cool-season hybrid forage grass with Italian and perennial ryegrass parentage
• Application Rate: 20–25 lb per acre or 1–2 lb per 1,000 sq ft
• Inoculant: Not required. This is a nonlegume cover crop and does not rely on Rhizobium bacteria for nitrogen fixation.
• Germination: Approximately 7–10 days under suitable conditions
• Plant Height: Approximately 3–4 feet
• Uses: Pasture, cut forage, rapid cool-season establishment, and mixtures with forage legumes
• Growth Notes: Strong early-spring yield, rapid regrowth, and relatively late heading

Made to order. Minimum order quantity is 50 pounds.