Cheatgrass, Bulbous Bluegrass, and Foxtail Barley Management Strategies in Tame Pastures

Intermediate or Pubescent wheatgrass (Thinopyrum intermedium) • Rhizomatous • In wet meadows, kill all existing vegetation and next flush of weeds/unwanted grass w/ burndown herbicides (“fallow”).

• Plant grasses at 10 lbs PLS/acre in late summer/early fall at ½” depth.

•‘Rush’ intermediate wheatgrass is not recommended to be planted w/ alfalfa.

• May also add slender wheatgrass as 10-15% of grass seed mix to aid in ground cover establishment year.