It is ready to cut for seed when the spikelets are of a greenish-straw colour, which stage is reached, under normal conditions, three to four weeks after flowering. It can be cut with a binder, cured like Timothy- and threshed in a grain thresher.
Quality of seed:
The seed is bright straw-coloured, from a third to half an inch long, awnless or with a short, straight awn at the tip.
