Sweet Six BMR Dry Stalk
Sweet Six BMR dry stalk is rapid growing and the earliest BMR to mature at 40-60 days. This
one grows quicker than other BMR hybrids in cool spring weather. It’s grassy tillers, leaves and
fine stem size contribute to the forage quality it produces. It has 3-5% lower moisture with the
drystalk. It consistently wins reviews because it’s early vigor, tonnage, nutritional quality, and
regrowth characteristics.
Additional Characteristics:
Seeding Rates:
one grows quicker than other BMR hybrids in cool spring weather. It’s grassy tillers, leaves and
fine stem size contribute to the forage quality it produces. It has 3-5% lower moisture with the
drystalk. It consistently wins reviews because it’s early vigor, tonnage, nutritional quality, and
regrowth characteristics.
Additional Characteristics:
- Dry stalk trait - faster dry down harvest
- Fine stems which are sweet and highly palatable
- Multi cut grassy hybrid
- Excellent double or single crop hybrid
- Anthracnose & Downy Mildew resistance
- Good NDFD IVTD TDN percentages
- Increased protein content
- Dryland in the eastern US and irrigated in the western US
- Growth vigor - excellent
- Harvest at the boot stage or 40-60 inches
- First cutting 40-60 days 40-60"
- Second cutting 25-30 days 25-30"
- Third cutting 25-30 days 25-30"
Seeding Rates:
- Seeds per pound: 16,500
Seeding Method |
Harvest Stage |
Dryland Lbs/Acre |
Irrigated Lbs/Acre |
Dryland Seeds/Acre |
Rainfed/Irrigated Seeds/Acre |
Drilled |
Boot Stage |
20-25 |
25-35 |
330,000- 412,500 |
412,500- 577,500 |