Blando Brome Grass Seed (lb)

Blando Brome is a self-reseeding cool-season annual for California and western sites where dependable fall return is part of the management plan. Once allowed to mature and drop seed, it can reappear with autumn rainfall, making it useful on orchard floors, vineyard rows, disturbed ground, and other areas that need recurring seasonal coverage without annual reseeding.

Bromus hordeaceus—also known by the older name Bromus mollis—establishes readily on low-fertility ground and develops an extensive root system for erosion control. It is adapted from sea level to approximately 4,000 feet in areas receiving more than about 10 inches of annual rainfall. The stand reaches roughly 2 feet and can provide cool-season forage before growth becomes mature and fibrous.

Plant in fall and decide whether natural reseeding is desirable. In a reseeding orchard or vineyard system, avoid mowing the entire stand during the critical flowering and seed-development period. Where volunteers are not wanted, mow or terminate before viable seed forms. Blando tolerates repeated mowing once an established seedbank and management pattern are in place, but it should not be introduced where its reseeding habit would interfere with restoration goals or following crops. As a grass, it does not require Rhizobium inoculant.

• Scientific Name: Bromus hordeaceus (syn. Bromus mollis)
• Growth Cycle: Cool-season reseeding annual grass
• Application Rate: 1–2 lb per 1,000 sq ft or 10–20 lb per acre
• Inoculant: Not required. This is a nonlegume cover crop and does not rely on Rhizobium bacteria for nitrogen fixation.
• Germination: Approximately 5–7 days under suitable conditions
• Plant Height: Approximately 2 feet
• Time to Maturity: Approximately 8–10 months
• Uses: Erosion control, cool-season forage, orchard and vineyard floor coverage, disturbed-site revegetation, and reseeding annual cover
• Site Adaptation: Low-fertility sites from sea level to approximately 4,000 feet with more than about 10 inches of annual rainfall
• Management: Allow seed development only where natural reseeding is desired

Made to order. Minimum order quantity is 50 pounds.