Crop × region varieties

Alfalfa varieties for the California.

1 reviewed variety for the California. Mediterranean climate with dry summers and wet winters. Highly diverse — from Central Valley row crops to coastal vegetables and desert irrigated alfalfa.

290-day avg season
5–30" rain/yr
1 states

WL Alfalfa Fall Dormancy 9
Good
Forage Genetics International (WL)
Fall dormancy 9 is appropriate for the Central Valley and Southern California where winter rest is short and stand life is driven by total cuttings per year. UC Davis runs an active alfalfa variety trial program that publishes head-to-head data including FD 8–11 entries.

Verify with university trials

The trial reports below are the source of record for variety performance in the California. Bookmark them and pull the current report each spring before ordering seed.

UC Davis Small Grains Variety Trials →
UC ANR Cooperative Extension →

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