Timothy grass

Timothy grass is a useful plant, but useful for animals and soil, it is a herbaceous perennial plant, which is widespread in field grasses, comes from the species of bluegrass grasses. It grows in many places and has about thirty subspecies.

Meadow timothy is used not only as a nutritious, satisfying food for many animals, but also as a means of fighting flooded peatlands and as one of the plants for arranging lawns. Timothy is a part of the lawn grass due to the fact that it is good to bush, but does not create bumps.

Timothy meadow is a herbaceous plant of a long day, has good winter hardiness and frost resistance. Grass development begins when the average daily temperature reaches five degrees. However, she loves moisture, but is not demanding on mineral nutrition. Timothy grass grows on different types of soil, and on moderately acidic and solonetzic and others. However, it will develop better on normally moist, fertile, loamy, sandy loam, clay and peat soils. Timothy grass has a high acid tolerance, it will grow on poor soil, on different mineral nutrients, that is, where other herbs die, it will feel great. But it will grow poorly in swampy, sandy and saline soil areas. It responds well to organic and mineral fertilizers, as well as liming of the soil.

It is worth noting that meadow timothy is one of those herbs that cause pollinosis when blooming.

For forage purposes, the plant is sown at different times to get the harvest at different times. In one place, meadow timothy can grow for five years, it blooms early in the morning in June, to obtain seeds, the first cut is left. The yield will be higher if meadow timothy is mixed with other perennial grasses and red clover.