How to Use ryegrass in a Sentence

ryegrass

noun
  • The clover program goes hand-in-hand with a ryegrass program.
    — Nick Perry, ajc, 14 Nov. 2022
  • What’s sold as annual ryegrass is coarser and hangs around longer in the spring.
    — Howard Garrett, Dallas News, 4 Oct. 2021
  • Rake off the dead/dying ryegrass and plant permanent lawn grass seeds then.
    — Dan Gill, NOLA.com, 28 Oct. 2020
  • These fescues do no mix well with bluegrass and ryegrass, because of the wider grass blades.
    — Dick Crum, Indianapolis Star, 23 June 2017
  • Sowings of ryegrass would be as good as any type, but some shady lawn seed mixtures are available.
    — Tom MacCubbin, orlandosentinel.com, 28 Nov. 2020
  • The lawn is that bright-green ryegrass with brown jigsaw pieces where somebody sprayed ant poison.
    — Lee Durkee, Harper's Magazine, 30 Mar. 2020
  • Use ryegrass to fill bare spots or sparse lawns for the winter but maybe not as an overseeding for healthy turf.
    — Tom MacCubbin, orlandosentinel.com, 27 Nov. 2021
  • Perennial ryegrass will grow back on its own, but the seed is more expensive.
    — Lee Wallender, The Spruce, 4 Apr. 2026
  • Even cool-season grasses like fescue and ryegrass will be sluggish at best.
    — Neil Sperry, ExpressNews.com, 12 Dec. 2019
  • If sowed too early, diseases affect the ryegrass and cause decline.
    — Tom MacCubbin, orlandosentinel.com, 26 Oct. 2019
  • Cool-season grasses such as ryegrass and fescue can be planted in the later part of the month.
    — Howard Garrett, Dallas News, 23 Aug. 2021
  • Some species, like perennial ryegrass do not produce much thatch and take dethatching well.
    — oregonlive, 2 July 2023
  • Standard prairie/plains food sources include willow, maple, ryegrass, bromegrasses, and agaves.
    — Jace Bauserman, Field & Stream, 2 Aug. 2023
  • Tall fescue is fairly fast to germinate now but not as fast as perennial ryegrass.
    — oregonlive, 27 Sep. 2019
  • One approach is to overseed in the fall with a ryegrass that will hold green color through the winter, then die off with spring mowing.
    — Washington Post, 7 July 2021
  • Few warm season grasses grow from seed during the cooler weather but a quick cure for the brown spots could be a sowing of ryegrass.
    — Tom MacCubbin, Orlando Sentinel, 11 Jan. 2025
  • If moss has been a problem, scratch the surface before seeding with perennial ryegrass.
    — oregonlive, 7 Apr. 2021
  • If moss has been a problem, scratch the surface before seeding with perennial ryegrass.
    — oregonlive, 1 Apr. 2022
  • As an annual, annual ryegrass dies out at the end of each growing season and does not regrow.
    — Lee Wallender, The Spruce, 4 Apr. 2026
  • The dill and fennel and ryegrass in the salad greens and the pickled turnips offer a lovely brightness to today’s lunch.
    — Bon Appétit Contributor, Bon Appétit, 9 Feb. 2024
  • In cooler climates where bluegrass and ryegrass are prevalent, early spring and early fall are good times to aerate.
    — Melissa Nott, chicagotribune.com, 28 Mar. 2021
  • This same fungus also causes brown patch in cool-season grasses such as tall fescue, bluegrass and ryegrass.
    — Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Perennial ryegrass is used for lawns in the north, but it’s also sometimes used to overseed warm season grasses in the south.
    — Arricca Elin Sansone, Country Living, 20 Apr. 2023
  • Seeding of ryegrass for a temporary lawn is over; most permanent lawns should recover soon.
    — Tom MacCubbin, Orlando Sentinel, 1 Feb. 2025
  • Field peas, crimson clover, and annual ryegrass are just a few popular cover crop options.
    — Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Nov. 2025
  • Cool-season grasses like Kentucky blue grass, ryegrass and fescue are their preferred turf for egg laying.
    — Betty Cahill, The Denver Post, 24 June 2019
  • Tahoma 31 turns brown and yellow in cold weather, and adding ryegrass allowed the field to maintain a lush green aesthetic.
    — Ben Volin, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Feb. 2023
  • And fine fescue is also commonly used in seed mixes, often blended with bluegrass and ryegrass seeds.
    — Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics, 15 Mar. 2022
  • The key ingredients are yarrow, clover and a non-invasive grass such as perennial ryegrass or hard fescue (or a mix of the two).
    — Kym Pokorny, oregonlive, 26 Sep. 2022
  • By mid-June fertilize cool-season lawn grass (turf-type tall fescue, ryegrass and Kentucky blue grass).
    — Betty Cahill, The Denver Post, 11 June 2019

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