Table 24 – 2000 Tall Fescue Trial – Louis Schurmann, Sumas Prairie

2000 Tall Fescue Trial

Louis Schurmann, Sumas Prairie

2002 Dry Matter Yield (kg/ha)
Cultivar or Strain Cut 1 16-May Cut 2 21-Jun Cut 3 23-Jul Cut 4 28-Aug Cut 5 2-Oct Total %Check
HYMARK 4971 3545 1868 1522 1372 13278 105
FESTIVAL 4515 4092 1861 1360 1216 13043 103
HOEDOWN 4666 3573 2043 1435 1323 13040 103
TF9503 4432 3754 1980 1392 1180 12737 100
BARCEL* 4424 3664 1941 1334 1322 12684 100
BAROLEX 3864 3748 2031 1516 1442 12602 99
MARTIN II 4702 3308 1624 1379 1211 12225 96
STAG 4767 3241 1580 1233 1037 11858 93
LIFARA 1 4367 3129 1604 1329 1100 11529 91
MEAN 4523 3562 1837 1389 1245 12555 99
CV% 5.6 9.3 11.1 12.8 8.1 5.3
LSD (0.05) 371 486 297 260 147 972

1 Lifara is a variety of meadow fescue

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 except for most of July which was hot and dry.