The herd grass meadow can be met both in forest belt, and in the city. Each person saw this perennial plant and broke its fluffy cones. This plant plays important role about which the speech will go in agriculture.
The herd grass meadow is the perennial plant relating to family of Cereals. The plant often meets in the territory of the CIS. Besides, she can often be met in Asia, Europe and even Africa. Timofevka is very popular among the people who are engaged in agriculture. In the circles she has other name — she is often called by seedling, reed mace and raw vodka. The plant is not choosy and grows practically in any area.
Description of plant
Timofevka meadow has direct fine-leaved hollow stalk on which long rough leaves with the sharpened ends are located. Zhilkovaniye linear. The stalk of plant can reach several meters. The blossoming plant represents difficult ear of gray-green color. The inflorescence has length about 10-15 cm. Blossoming of plant begins in the summer and several months last. Grows mainly on meadows and fields. Undoubted advantage is its frost resistance and resistance to cold.
The direction of use of plant in agriculture
Raw vodka is used in agriculture in two directions: as decorative and lawn grass and as fodder culture.The herd grass meadow is very often sowed as lawn as it not bad looks in landscaping. It is used for decoration of parks, avenues and squares. Walking stick usually land together with meadow grass, fescue and ryegrass. However, use as lawn is not the paramount direction of vyseivaniye of herd grass. The main assignment of meadow grass is its use as fodder culture. The plant is used as fertilizing for animals. From it prepare silo and hay. The grass contains up to 20% of protein in the structure. The productivity of plant exceeds 11 kg on one hectare. Workers of agriculture very often as impurity to herd grass use red clover. Such impurity increases fodder qualities of hay.
It is very important to know that if the herd grass goes on forage animal, then it should be mown at kolosheniye stage. If the grass goes on grain, then culture is grown up before full ripening.
Some of the best stated grades of herd grass are: Marusinsky, May and Pskov.
Features of landing of herd grass meadow
As it has been already told, the herd grass is not choosy to soil and conditions of the area, however, you should not use sandy and boggy soils as culture prefers neutral and alkaline lands for its crops. After crops of culture the soil is fertilized the fertilizers containing nitrogen and humus. Shoots from seeds appear within week. It is better to begin landing in the spring, combining crops of walking stick with other cultures.
Positive sides of culture and its shortcomings
The herd grass meadow quite widespread culture, but also it is not deprived of the shortcomings. It is possible to carry to them:
- Decrease in harvest at pasturable use.
- The grass does not love drought.
- Is not suitable for creation of lawns.
It is possible to carry to advantages of herd grass:
- Unpretentiousness to the soil.
- Long-term blossoming without constant landing.
- High fodder qualities of culture.
- Frost resistance.
- Winter hardiness.
The herd grass belongs to some of the most unpretentious plants. It can serve as decorative element of garden, and as fodder culture. Its cultivation will not demand from you serious efforts.