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I'm looking at doing a warm/cool season grass mix from Ernst in an area that has a lot of exposed soil (we're very worried about erosion). The mixes have annual ryegrass (<i>Lolium multiflorum</i>) which is not native, but apparently germinates much faster
and more aggressively than the native ryegrasses. <br>
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Does anyone have experience with these? Will the ryegrass peter out in a few years? Any need to worry about it taking over too aggressively?</div>
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I'm facing the tradeoff between need to stop erosion and desire to go all-native. If the annual rye is not detrimental it would be worth the faster germination.</div>
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I appreciate your thoughts,</div>
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Colleen<br>
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