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- Unpretentious red fescue perfect for turf on meager soils
- Rotschwingel is extremely frugal
- Differentiation of different Rotschwingel species
- Horde flock (Festuca rubra commutata)
- Red fescue with short foothills (Festuca rubra trichophylla)
- Long-tailed fescue (Festuca rubra rubra)
- Also very suitable for cattle pasture and grassland
- Tips
Rotschwingel thrives on very poor soil
Unpretentious red fescue perfect for turf on meager soils
A good lawn is not just grass. Instead, there is the pase mixture of different grasses for each location, soil and degree of utilization. The various Rotschwingelgräser are wonderfully suitable for ornamental as well as landscape lawns, of which there are Horst- as well as Auslauf forming kinds in over 100 different kinds. Rotschwingel is unbeatable on meager soils where otherwise hardly any other grass can grow.
Rotschwingel is extremely frugal
Rotschwingel is extremely frugal and extremely hardy.This type of grass thrives easily on very barren soil and does not need to be fertilized. Although this type of grass is considered to be fertilizer-friendly, it should not be over-indulged with nutrients - otherwise competing species can be transported. In addition, Rotschwingel grows very well even in more shady locations. All these features make the Rotschwingel perfect for layers where a grass seed does not seem possible.
Differentiation of different Rotschwingel species
For a grass seed are especially the horstbildenden, very closely awake varieties. In agriculture, for example, for the sowing of grassland or as cattle pasture, is mainly used foothills Rotschwingel (Festuca rubra rubra).
Horde flock (Festuca rubra commutata)
The very fine and densely growing Horstrotschwingel finds use for ornamental and herbal turf, for meadows and use
Red fescue with short foothills (Festuca rubra trichophylla)
This red fescue is only moderately resilient, but it is very undemanding and versatile.
Long-tailed fescue (Festuca rubra rubra)
The foothills red fescue is mainly used for grassland, meadows and pastures in problematic situations.
Also very suitable for cattle pasture and grassland
Although the red fescue has only a moderate nutritional value, but is very resistant to bites (just like the other species in conventional turf can also be kept very short without any problems) and makes no demands on location, soil and care. Fertilization and irrigation is basically superfluous, moreover, the plant prefers rather barren substrate - perfect for mountainous locations, arid areas and nutrient-poor soils on which higher quality forage grass does not grow.
Tips
In addition to the red fescue, other Festuca species are used for landscape and working lawns; For example, the common sheep fescue (Festuca ovina) as well as the Raublättrige fescue (Festuca trachyphylla), which thrive especially in very dry locations.