{"id":24293,"date":"2023-10-18T09:27:11","date_gmt":"2023-10-18T07:27:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tecnozoo.it\/2023\/10\/18\/grass-mixtures-or-pure-ryegrass\/"},"modified":"2025-12-26T11:37:31","modified_gmt":"2025-12-26T10:37:31","slug":"grass-mixtures-or-pure-ryegrass","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tecnozoo.it\/en\/2023\/10\/18\/grass-mixtures-or-pure-ryegrass\/","title":{"rendered":"Grass mixtures or pure ryegrass?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The advantage of using grass mixtures compared to single-species seeding<\/h2>\n\n

The choice of pure ryegrass forage must follow strict criteria, as its tendency to absorb large amounts of potassium and nitrates makes it highly susceptible to lodging. Moreover, this often results in a product that is qualitatively unsuitable for the nutrition of dairy cows.<\/p>\n\n

This issue is even more pronounced in areas where the disposal of livestock manure is particularly high relative to the available land surface. Further exacerbating the situation in recent decades is climate change, which has led to very dry winters and springs, preventing adequate leaching of excessive concentrations of these two elements from the soil.<\/p>\n\n

For these reasons, Tecnozoo technicians recommend focusing attention on the use of grass mixtures or pure cereals, also in combination with ryegrass.<\/h4>\n\n

The greater use of cereals is preferable because these cultivars have a lower capacity than ryegrass to absorb nitrates and potassium from the soil.<\/p>\n\n

In addition,<\/h4>\n\n

we have observed that in recent years late or medium-late varieties included in various grass mixtures have become essential in response to ongoing climate change, as they ensure:<\/p>\n\n