AC Saltlander Green Wheatgrass

• Especially suited for erosion control and reclamation on slight to moderate saline soils.
• Demonstrates exceptional salinity tolerance, better than intermediate, matches’ tall wheatgrass and exceeds Newhy RS Wheatgrass. Its extensive root system allows it to be useful in dewatering saline seep discharge areas.
• Selected for overall salinity tolerance, winter hardiness, and desirable plant form.
• Is a long lived perennial grass that is adapted to semiarid rangeland.
• Likes to receive 13″ of precipitation annually. It has similar drought tolerance as intermediate wheatgrass.
• Increased grazing tolerance and persistency on range sites and pasture.
• If properly managed it produces comparable quality yield of forage as brome and orchard grass in non-saline conditions.
• Is palatable; it has a low growth point which allows for flexible grazing and hay management.
• Resists moderate grazing pressure after establishment and recovers rapidly after grazing of defoliation.
• Produces aggressively spreading rhizomes which allow the stand to fill in. Under favorable conditions can displace foxtail barley.
• Is a cool season grass; its leaves remain greener and more succulent during the late summer, unlike other wheat grasses.

Excellent stands have been obtained on dry land range sites when seed is planted late enough in the fall to ensure it does not germinate until the spring. (Especially in saline sites). But spring seeding allows for more opportunity to eliminate competing weeks and is the recommended method.

Recommended seeding rates are 5-10 lbs per acre

Seedlings are vigorous and establish themselves rapidly under relatively harsh conditions.
It is important to prepare a firm seed bed. Seeds must be planted deep enough to ensure adequate moisture, but never planted deeper than 3/4″. Seedling at excessive depths will almost always result in partial to complete stand failure.

Minimal fertilizer should be applied during early seedling development. From 40 to 60 lbs. per acre of available nitrogen is recommended on mature plantings during the fall when tillers are developing or in the early spring.

Hybrid wheatgrass is especially suited for erosion control and reclamation on slight to moderate saline soils.

Portions of the information above provided by Miller Seeds, Alberta Canada