2005 & 2006 Tall Fescue Harvest – Chilliwack (Doug Rutley Farm)
| Cultivar | 2005 Total | 2006 | 2005 & 2006 two-year avg |
% of Barcel | |||
| Cut 1 May 9 |
Cut 2 June 23 |
Cut 3 Nov 1 |
2006 Total |
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| BRONSON | 12.01 | 4.41 | 3.46 | 0.71 | 8.58 | 10.29 | 105 |
| CARMINE | 11.39 | 4.75 | 3.56 | 0.77 | 9.07 | 10.23 | 104 |
| BARCEL | 10.86 | 4.66 | 3.75 | 0.43 | 8.84 | 9.85 | 100 |
| STOCKMAN | 11.37 | 4.79 | 3.2 | 0.44 | 8.42 | 9.78 | 99 |
| BAROLEX | 10.43 | 4.48 | 3.78 | 0.49 | 8.75 | 9.59 | 97 |
| KORA | 11.03 | 4.48 | 3.02 | 0.39 | 7.89 | 9.46 | 96 |
| HYKOR | 10.73 | 3.95 | 3.27 | 0.5 | 7.71 | 9.22 | 94 |
| UMTF | 10.41 | 3.94 | 3.3 | n/a | 7.24 | 8.83 | 90 |
| TUSCANY | 10.1 | 3.98 | 3.11 | 0.44 | 7.54 | 8.82 | 90 |
| K5V66V | 9.16 | 4.7 | 3.11 | 0.37 | 8.18 | 8.67 | 88 |
| Mean | 10.75 | 4.41 | 3.36 | 0.51 | 8.22 | 9.47 | |
| CV | 10.9 | 11.6 | 10.7 | 39.8 | 9.5 | 8.6 | |
| LSD (P | 1.22 | 0.58 | 0.39 | 0.25 | 0.64 | 0.73 | |
CV = Coefficient of variation
LSD = Least significant difference
n/a = In November 2006 UMTF plots were over-run with volunteer grasses or weeds.
BARCEL was used as the check cultivar.
Site Information: The site is located in East Chilliwack. The site has a Matsqui series soil, described as an eluviated brunisol, well drained and derived from medium textured, stone-free, Fraser Valley floodplain deposits. The surface texture is silt loam or loam. Sand is often present in the sub-soil.
Design: Randomized complete block design with four replicates.
Plot Size: 4′ by 20′
Harvest Area: 2′ by 20′
Seeding: Broadcast – seeded
Fertilizer: In 2005 fertilizer was applied to plots prior to cuts 1, 2, 3 and 4, at 100, 75, 50 and 50 kg N ha-1 respectively. In 2006 fertilizer was applied to plots prior to cuts 1, 2, and 3, at 100, 75, and 50 kg N ha-1 respectively.
Weed Control: A mixture of 2,4-D, Mecoprop, and Dicamba was applied to the plots in July in 2005 and in May and August 2006.
Irrigation: The plots received no irrigation.
NOTE: Tall Fescue was planted at the Rutley Farm in the spring of 2004 to replace poorly established tall fescue planted at the Hylkema Farm in the spring of 2003.
