bermuda on pond bank

[danl]

If I unroll a couple of bales of common bermuda on my pond bank what are the chances of getting it to seed itself?
It is headed out now.
It was cut last Saturday and baled Tuesday.
It got rained on Sunday, as Dun calls em, the weather liars didn't mention we were gonna have a downpour Sunday.
Dan

 

[dj]

I would say about 0%
but never say never so......
you might could get some established by sprigging
but it seems late in the year for that also

 

[dun]

I would say about 0%
but never say never so......
you might could get some established by sprigging
but it seems late in the year for that also

Unless you absolutely don;t want it there. Then it will probably grow like crazy.
murphys law

dun

 

[mbdear]

Common establishes by seed...so you've got a chance!

 

[Bama]

You will get a better stand if the cows can get to it and walk it in. This will set some of the seeds down that will germinate.

 

[danl]

I didn't really want to, but I can turn the cows in there.

It's taking over what's left of the garden right now. Maybe I should get the breaking plow out and make my own sod.

We finally got some rain and with the heat and humidity it's really growing right now.


Thanks
Dan

 

[buckaroo_bif]

Let the cows stomp it in...

 

[dj]

at this time of year will it have time to establish a root system that won't freeze? the normal temp ranges for this time of year are 10-20 degrees lower.

 

[buckaroo_bif]

Welp, I would think not dj, but it would not cost a thing to try. :D

 

[danl]

This doesn't say much for my garden, but I took a pair of post hole diggers to the edge of the garden and cut a bunch of plugs out of the bermuda there and transplanted them back to the pond. Hope it will grow on the pond like it does where I don't want it. can't believe how it covers the garden when I quit messing with it in the fall.


Had a slight mishap setting one of the bales down on the levee.
Had it set so I could unroll it the lenght of the levee, guess I bumped it with the spike. It went all the way to the bottom of the levee almost took five strands of barbwire out. Leaned it way over.

Cows aint gonna be stomping anything til I get the fence fixed.

Don't know if it will work or not, but like bukaroo said it aint costing me anything. Unless you count my time and now a few fence clips.

Dan[/b]

 

[dun]

Had a slight mishap setting one of the bales down on the levee.
Had it set so I could unroll it the lenght of the levee, guess I bumped it with the spike. It went all the way to the bottom of the levee almost took five strands of barbwire out. Leaned it way over.



Don't know if it will work or not, but like bukaroo said it aint costing me anything. Unless you count my time and now a few fence clips.

Dan

That's pretty much considered the cost of doing business when baling round bales in these rolly Ozark hills.
If you don;t knock down a fence or 2 each cutting you don;t have enough grass to be bothering with baling.

dun

 

[danl]

Dun
I know what you mean, I have held my breath a few times while they headed for the pond. Never submerged one yet.

But they can end up in some hard to get to gulleys and out in the woods too.

I'm not real hilly, I'm about about 30 miles north of Arkansas. I live on the last hills. It flattens out all the way to Arkansas after my place.
Dan[/b]