Kentucky Blue Grass vs Perennial Rye From Seed: Germination & Growth Rate Comparison
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- Опубликовано: 27 июл 2024
- I decided to grow both Perennial Rye grass and Kentucky Bluegrass from seed and compare their growth habits and speed side-by-side. In this video I show exactly how long it took for my rye and KBG to germinate and grow over the first two and a half weeks so that you can have accurate expectations for growing these grasses from seed yourself.
For this experiment I used a cheap KBG blend that I found at my local big box store and a monostand Midnight KBG variety that I bought from Outside Pride seeds. Right now this particular variety is a boutique variety of KBG and it's easily purchased right off of Amazon in regular sized bags.
You can price out the midnight KBG through this Amazon affiliate link: www.amazon.com/Outsidepride-M...
The Ryegrass featured in this video was sourced from Pleasant Hill, just a couple hundred miles from where I live. They also sell on Amazon, you can see their seed through this Amazon affiliate link: www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07...
Sometimes Pleasant Hill is out of stock though so a good alternative is the good stuff from Barenbrug. It's a bit pricier but it may be worth it for a lot of you. Here's a direct Amazon affiliate link to check that seed out: www.amazon.com/Barenbrug-Rege...
Obviously you can see how fast these seeds are growing in this video but I want to encourage you to see this post on my site where I cover growth habits and timelines for grass from seed because the first 16 days is really just the beginning of a new grass plant's life-cycle: turfmechanic.com/how-long-doe...
Here's a video on this channel on the same topic: • How Long Does Grass Se...
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GCI Turf Blue Heat KBG is an excellent seed with exception heat tolerance and gets that awesome blue green tint to it...
If you put a vacuum hose right on a wahl beard trimmer, you could do an insanely clean cut on all three pots. No clippings would fall to deceive as far as appearance of thickness. Great video as always.
Thank you. That was very helpful
I grew Combat Extreme Northern Zone in a pot a few weeks ago and both the TTTF and KBG germinated between 7-10 days. It’s been about a month and I can’t tell much difference between the two species although some blades are canoe shaped which tell me it’s KBG. Might be getting some Barenburg Turf Blue Pro to try out.
mine just came through on a test run in my lawn it took 17 days to see first shoots.of im in ireland ,temps about 10 degrees celcius.
That's a low temperature and it only took 2 1/2 weeks. Not bad for a KBG mix!
I heard that if you put the seed in the freezer it will germinate faster I don’t know if that is true but also once my seed starts to come up I want to do weekly liquid fertilizer applications of 5-0-5 Or do you know of any other way to get to see you to come up faster I try to pre-germinate about 10 pounds by doing the 12 hours in the water and then 12 hours out so we will see
nice was thinking of introducing bluegrass into my lawn, im in northern ireland .what do you think?.
Oh yeah, this would be a great addition and probably perfect for your climate. Since you never get to hot or dry it would probably require minimal babysitting. If I can trust Google's interpretation of your monthly average temps I'd suggest seeding in early August to get the warmest soil temps possible - KBG germinates and grows slower than the other cool climate grass types so starting earlier for you would be beneficial since your daily high temps look like they drop off pretty quickly by Sept.
@@TurfMechanic thanks for reply appreciate it.
just sowed a pot to see what happens, i know its early but cant wait.i want see what im looking for when i do sow seed later.
When would you do the 1st mow for those 2?
I'd start mowing both at 3 weeks from seeding in most cases. PR will probably be ready closer to day 15 than day 21 but if you want a basic rule of thumb day 21 is probably good enough for both. By day 21 both should have top growth for at least 10 days and cutting at this time will keep things even and will train blades to be lower which is what I prefer.
I want to rid my Kentucky blue grass lawn of the perennial ryegrass. Can you help me with this? Maybe turned me onto some products that can help eliminate the ryegrass?
This is a hard one, not sure off the top of my head on how to do this efficiently. I'd have to really do a lot of research on this to have a definitive answer. To get creative and less authoritative however I'd start by researching Sulfosulfuron, that's the active ingredient in Certainty, an herbicide usually used in warm season turf. I believe it kills ryegrass and annual bluegrass more efficiently then kentucky bluegrass so in theory applying lower rates of it to a mixed stand would pressure the rye more than the KBG leading to a greater kbg density over time. Just a theory though. I'd welcome anyone else to weigh in on this one though.
is there an update comming soon?
I just published an update to the KBG in pots today! Hope you catch it soon. The KBG is now roughly 105 days old and just starting to look mature.
Hi! how long does it take to germinate KBG?
in buenos aires it's 20 degrees celcious
If you are talking soil temps at 20C and you are able to cover the seed and keep it adequately moist consistently the as little as 8 days but more likely around day 10-12. If you prime the seed it'll be more likely to sprout slightly faster but then it's harder to spread. If you can't keep it constantly moist then don't be surprised if it takes upwards of three weeks.
@@TurfMechanic okok thank you very much
forgot to say kbg mix
I'm curious what percentage of kbg should go in a mix with perennial rye for overseeding. You mentioned that perennial rye requires more pounds per sqf. So if I want to oversee 4,000 square feet how many pounds of rye grass and how many pounds of kbg should I have?
Home Depot calculator: 40 lb of perennial rye for a monostand on 64 by 64 ft(4096ft^2). 20 lb of kbg for a monostand. If you’re looking for a “half and half” mix (by coverage) then you’d mix 20lb of prg with 10lb of kbg for 30lb of mixed seed.
Or buy a premixed seed.
Happy to help
WHERES THE "BLUE"?
Those seedlings are only 7-10 days post sprouting in a garage. "The blue tint" will start forming as the blades mature and they get sun. Ill be doing a followup video to this down the road showing the grass up close when its more mature.
@@TurfMechanic Iron supplement with blue KGB right up.