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Bermuda vs. Bahia seed
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<blockquote data-quote="Mark Reynolds" data-source="post: 1844832" data-attributes="member: 43196"><p>Interesting thought seeding the WSAG (Warm Season Annual Grass) with the Bermuda. If the intent was for the millet to be a nurse crop to the Bermuda or for adressing a resource concern temporarily such as sheet erosion or wind erosion, possibly. However, using the annual as a means to provide grazable forage on the acres where the Bermuda is newly planted I think is ill advised. You really want to keep the livestock off of the Bermuda until it is well established. The millet isn't going to protect the Bermuda from grazing damage during this sensitive time.</p><p></p><p>As for planting annuals into Bermuda (existing stand) I recommend it as a practice (currently practice 810, annual forages, with the NRCS). to extend the grazing season by providing grazable forage once the Bermuda goes dormant at the end of the growing season. Conversely, I've also seen the exact opposite of this done in Ohio where WSAG are planted in the cool season perennials (Kentucky fescue) to provide grazable forage during the height of summer when the CSPG (Cool Season Perennial Grasses) are in their 'summer slump' or even dormant.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mark Reynolds, post: 1844832, member: 43196"] Interesting thought seeding the WSAG (Warm Season Annual Grass) with the Bermuda. If the intent was for the millet to be a nurse crop to the Bermuda or for adressing a resource concern temporarily such as sheet erosion or wind erosion, possibly. However, using the annual as a means to provide grazable forage on the acres where the Bermuda is newly planted I think is ill advised. You really want to keep the livestock off of the Bermuda until it is well established. The millet isn't going to protect the Bermuda from grazing damage during this sensitive time. As for planting annuals into Bermuda (existing stand) I recommend it as a practice (currently practice 810, annual forages, with the NRCS). to extend the grazing season by providing grazable forage once the Bermuda goes dormant at the end of the growing season. Conversely, I've also seen the exact opposite of this done in Ohio where WSAG are planted in the cool season perennials (Kentucky fescue) to provide grazable forage during the height of summer when the CSPG (Cool Season Perennial Grasses) are in their 'summer slump' or even dormant. [/QUOTE]
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