【Objective】 The study is to explore the effects of sowing date and fertilization amount on the produc‐ tion performance and nutritional quality of forage oats in Longdong area.【Method】 Early‐maturing oat Bianfeng and middle‐maturing oat Menglong were selected as materials,and the changes of yield and nutritional quality of oat grass under different sowing dates and fertilization rates were studied. Experiment included three sowing dates (early:April 8;middle:April 18;late:April 28) and three fertilizer amounts (Low:N 45. 75 kg/hm2 +P2O5 31. 50 kg/hm2 ;me‐ dium:N 91. 50 kg/hm2 +P2O5 63. 00 kg/hm2 ;high:N 137. 25 kg/hm2 +P2O5 94. 50 kg/hm2 ).【Result】1)The plant height,spike length,spikelet number and yield of the two varieties gradually decreased with the delay of sowing date. 2)The crude protein content of the two varieties gradually increased with the delay of sowing date and the in‐ crease of fertilizer amount,while the contents of neutral detergent fiber and acid detergent fiber gradually de‐ creased. 3)Under the interaction of sowing date and fertilizer amount,Bianfeng had the highest hay yield (6 500 kg/hm2 ) with early sowing date and low fertilizer amount,and Menglong had the highest hay yield (6 506. 7 kg/hm2 ) with early sowing date and high fertilizer amount.【Conclusion】 In the production of oats for the purpose of harvesting forage grass in Longdong area,it was appropriate to sow in early April for different varieties with different maturity. N 45. 75 kg/hm2 and P2O5 31. 50 kg/hm2 were the best fertilizer amount for early ‐ maturing oat Bianfeng,while N 137. 25 kg/hm2 and P2O5 94. 50 kg/hm2 were the best fertilizer amount for middle‐maturing oat Menglong.