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Foothills Mix

$32.50$305.00

Introducing Foothills Mix, the ultimate solution for premium irrigated pastures. Specifically designed for elevations ranging from 3,000 to 8,000 feet, this exceptional mix offers unrivaled natural cover even under dryland conditions. With a meticulous blend of cool and warm season grasses perfectly adapted to the Western Great Plains and Southwest region, Foothills Mix guarantees superb performance.

Characteristics:

  • Grows 36-60 inches with average rainfall
  • Excellent natural cover for dryland areas  

Seeding Rate:

  • New Seeding:
    – Broadcast: 20-25 lbs./acre
    – Drilled: 15-20 lbs./acre 
  • Over seeding:
    – Broadcast: 10-15 lbs./acre
    – Drilled: 5-10 lbs./acre  

Description

Introducing Foothills Mix, the ultimate solution for premium irrigated pastures. Specifically designed for elevations ranging from 3,000 to 8,000 feet, this exceptional mix offers unrivaled natural cover even under dryland conditions. With a meticulous blend of cool and warm season grasses perfectly adapted to the Western Great Plains and Southwest region, Foothills Mix guarantees superb performance. Boasting remarkable cold and drought tolerance, this mix thrives in challenging environments, ensuring your pasture remains lush and vibrant year-round. But that’s not all – Foothills Mix goes beyond providing outstanding pasture quality. It also excels in soil stabilization on poor soils, making it ideal for areas where soil conditions are less than perfect.

Experience the difference of Foothills Mix and unlock the full potential of your pasture. Elevate your grazing game with this premium irrigated pasture mix today.

Foothills Mix contains:

20% Annual Ryegrass
Cool Season bunchgrass with germination in 5-10 days. Noted for quick germination. Provides fast green up and root structure to stabilize soil.

15% Slender Wheatgrass
Cool season bunchgrass with germination in 21-28 days.
A native species to the mountain and intermountain areas of the western United States and the northern Great Plains.

12% Crested Wheatgrass 
Cool season bunchgrass with germination in 14-21 days.
Drought tolerant, and winter hardy grass with deep rooted system making an excellent soil binder.

10% Mountain Brome 
A cool-season bunchgrass with germination in 10-14 days.
Survives on thin, dry or coarse soils, and displays strong winter hardiness. Will produce best in moist deep fertile soils.

10% Hard Fescue 
Cool season bunchgrass with germination in 7-10 days.
Well adapted to many soil types and often used for erosion control.

10% Fults Alkaligrass 
Cool season bunch/sod forming grass with germination in 14-21 days. Often used for soil stabilization.

6% Prairie Sandreed
Warm season sod forming with germination in 21-28 days.  Grows 24-72 inches tall.  Prefers sandy sites, drought tolerant and winter hardy. 

6% Indiangrass
Warm season bunchgrass with germination in 21-28 days. It can grow 3-5 feet tall. Grows best in deep, well drained soils.

5% Blue Grama
Warm season bunch/sod forming grass with germination in 7-10 days.
This grass demonstrates good drought, fair salinity, and moderate alkalinity tolerances.

5% Switchgrass
Warm season Sod-former with germination in 21-28 days
Very tolerant of poor soils, flooding and drought. Often used in reclamation of sand dunes and dikes.

1% Sand Dropseed
Warm Season bunchgrass with germination 14-21 days
Commonly grows on sandy soils but is adapted to medium textured soils also.

Formulations & varieties are subject to change without notice!

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