Table 21 – 2000 Orchardgrass Trial – Louis Schurmann, Sumas Prairie

2000 Orchardgrass Trial

Louis Schurmann, Sumas Prairie

2002 Dry Matter Yield (kg/ha)
Cultivar Cut 1 16-May Cut 2 21-Jun Cut 3 3-Jul Cut 4 28-Aug Cut 5 2-Oct Total %Potomac
9601-98E 4232 3082 2368 1910 1661 13253 109
9601-98M 4094 3046 2365 1968 1591 13064 108
9601-98L 3812 3244 2309 2053 1491 12909 107
OG9503 3865 3063 2407 1912 1551 12799 106
CAS-EG23 3983 3141 2180 1743 1617 12665 105
CAS-LG31 3220 3409 2190 1899 1635 12352 102
CI 02 3962 2849 2202 1777 1548 12339 102
LIDAGLO 3285 3499 2248 1885 1353 12270 101
QUANTUM 3317 3198 2182 1988 1579 12263 101
ARAMIS 3324 3233 2118 1944 1502 12122 100
POTOMAC* 4118 2591 2271 1657 1478 12114 100
SW HA9116 3467 2964 2226 1811 1357 11825 98
MEAN 3723 3110 2255 1879 1530 12498 103
CV% 6.7 7.8 4.2 5.4 7.5 4.9
LSD (0.05) 359 351 137 147 166 872

 

Source:
Don Bates, BC Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Fisheries
1767 Angus Campbell Road
Abbotsford, BC V3G 2M3
Tel: 604 556-3085
Fax: 604 556-3117
E-mail: Don.Bates@gems4.gov.bc.ca

Site Information: The trial is located southeast of Abbotsford. Medium and some moderately fine-textured, stone-free, local stream deposits are the parent material of the soils. Surface, subsurface and subsoil textures range from silt loam to silty clay loam. Sand is usually present at depths below at least 1 meter.
Design: Randomized complete block with four replicates.
Plot Size and Harvest Area: 1.2 m by 6 m and 0.6 m by 5 m respectively;

Broadcast – seeded

Fertilizer: Fertilized according to soil test in spring, then with 40-0-0 (5 1/2S) at 190 kg/ha after each of the first four cuts.
Weed Control: 2,4-D and Mecoprop applied April 20th
Irrigation: None, but rainfall was received regularly through the growing season.