Does the fast germination of perennial ryegrass allow any shortcuts during a reno?

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Does the fast germination of perennial ryegrass allow any shortcuts during a reno?

Post by ryeguy » October 23rd, 2017, 12:50 am

Most of the reno "playbook" is based on full KBG renos. Does any of that change when doing a PRG reno, given that it can germinate within a week and mature quickly in general?

For example, what if you roundup day 1, then on day 2 scalp and put seed down, skipping fallowing? The weeds get a significantly smaller headstart with PRG compared to KBG, but I'm not sure how much of an impact that will have. I was considering experimenting with this on a tiny section of the yard next year just to see what would happen.

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Re: Does the fast germination of perennial ryegrass allow any shortcuts during a reno?

Post by edenl01 » October 23rd, 2017, 4:04 pm

The fast germination and establishment time of PRG is completely separate from doing fallowing. Skipping fallowing would be a mistake and I wouldn't bother doing the Reno. You don't have to go nuts with it. A month or so is pretty common around here.

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Re: Does the fast germination of perennial ryegrass allow any shortcuts during a reno?

Post by andy10917 » October 23rd, 2017, 4:23 pm

The weeds get a significantly smaller headstart with PRG compared to KBG, but I'm not sure how much of an impact that will have.
Not much (and I've grown plenty of PRG).

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