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Thumpa

tetraploid Italian ryegrass

  • High quality grazing, hay and silage
  • High yielding
  • Strong seedling vigour and early winter growth
  • Valuable feed wedge heading into winter
  • Late flowering
Thumpa Tetraploid Italian Ryegrass is a late heading variety with rapid establishment and high yields. Thumpa's strong seedling vigour is a valuable trait if autumn sowings are late due to the season, providing a quick winter feed wedge. Ideal for high quality silage and hay production.
Suitable For

Sowing Rate: 10-35kg/ha
Rainfall: Minimum 600mm per annum
Heading Date: Late - 22 days later than Nui
Pasture Life: 6 mths - 2years
Soil Fertility: High (Olsen P 20+)
Ploidy: Tetraploid

Quick to establish and late to flower

Selected for its high yields and rapid establishment, Thumpa displays the classic qualities of a good tetraploid Italian ryegrass. Quick to establish and ideal for rotational grazing, Thumpa is an excellent winter crop solution for Australian sheep, beef or dairy farmers. 

As a tetraploid that flowers late, Thumpa stays upright and provides high quality feed late into the season.

Pasture seed sowing rate (sole): 20-35kg/ha
Pasture seed sowing rate (mixed): 10-25kg/ha

Rainfall

Minimum 600mm rainfall per annum unless irrigated

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