tower-protek

TOWER PROTEK

New generation tall fescue

TOWER Tall Fescue has a fine, soft leaf and late heading date it has been bred to be as easy as ryegrass to manage, but much more tolerant of dry weather and insects. Tower from its highly active rhizomes which allows Tower to maintain strong ground cover, essential for weed suppression and persistence. The drought tolerance and autumn/winter recovery comes from its deep and large root system (over 1 metre), it is suited to all fertile soils in New Zealand, and even has better tolerance of wet soils and flooding than ryegrass.

Tower is available either without endophyte, or with the novel endophyte ‘Protek’, which provides additional insect protection and increases pasture production

Suggested sow rate: 20-30 kg/ha alone 1618 kg/ha in mixtures

 

Call for price NZD inc GST.

0 items in cart
Sub total: $0.00
VIEW CART
Category: .

Description

TOWER PROTEK 
New generation tall fescue

Tower is a unique grass that overcomes the limitations often found with perennial ryegrass.
Tower is a soft and palatable grass, that animals prefer to eat over ryegrass at trial sites.  This makes Tower easy to manage and results in excellent animal performance in beef cattle, lambs, and dairy cows.  So you get all the things you would like from a good perennial ryegrass, but you also get much better drought tolerance and persistence.
The drought tolerance and autumn/winter recovery come from its deep and large root system (over 1 metre), and Tower Protek is tolerant of all insects known to have significant impact on ryegrass, including; grass grub, porina, black beetle, Argentine stem weevil and root aphid.
Tower is suited to all fertile soils in New Zealand, and even has better tolerance of wet soils and flooding than ryegrass, and soils are less likely to get pugged once it is fully established.