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Triumph Overseeding

Overseeding is a cost effective way of prolonging the quality and usable life of your sward. There is no need to spray off and plough ahead of drilling a new ley. Using the overseeding method saves machinery hours as well as reducing the amount of seed required. Choose from either a short term mixture using vigorous Tetraploid Italian Ryegrass, Hybrid Ryegrass and Intermediate Perennial Ryegrass or a long term mixture using Tetraploid Intermediate and Late Perennial Ryegrasses.

Open Sward ideal for overseeding

open sward before reseeding

Before

Technical Information

Ground covered ideal to suppress weed ingress

lush green sward after reseeding

After

  • ü Triumph Overseeding is a system of routine scarifying and overseeding of both young grassland and new re-seeds.
  • ü The system is based on preventing weed grass ingress that leads to rapid sward decline in later years.
  • ü The system works by annually topping up young swards with productive ryegrass and preventing weed grasses from developing within the sward.
  • ü The system significantly improves the productive life and quality of a sward with yield and quality improvements of up to 30%.

Before

grass plants showing old and reseeded

Overseeding Guidelines

After

  • ü Field Preparation Remove all surplus grass growth by cutting or hard grazing. Scarify the area in opposite directions using a  grass scarifying harrow.
  • ü Sowing Sow at the same time as scarifying with around 25kg/Ha (10kg/Ac) of the appropriate Triumph Overseeding mixture. Immediately after sowing roll the field to consolidate the ground and ensure good seed to soil contact.
  • ü Timing Immediately after the last silage cut of the season (Late August ~ Early September) or after a hard graze in the spring or autumn.
  • ü Fertiliser Wait until at least 10 - 15 days after sowing.
  • ü Livestock re-introduction  After Cutting (wait until aftermaths have fully recovered). After Grazing ( Keep stock on for 10 - 15 days then remove and allow sward to recover).

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