Did I just mess up? We are north of Interstate 20 in Smith County Texas and just bought 150 pounds of Tall Kentucky 31 endophyte free seeds. We have 8 acres, partially to mostly wooded that we have fought green briars off several acres and now I want grass! We have hair sheep, not cattle. Hope ya'll don't mind, but there is a wealth of information here on grass and pastures. I plan on planting the fescue in the lightly wooded areas that gets dappled sunlight to help it survive the summer heat. Our soil is white sugar sand. We also bought white dutch clover seed and white arrow leaf clover seed to mix with the fescue, but plan on planting the clover mostly in the sunnier areas.
Bahia and a nice bermuda grows in the ranch pastures across the road from us. I sprigged some Bahia and bermuda last fall in a 1 acre pasture, then put 3 pigs in there in February. They dug up every Bahia rhizome and ate it. After slaughtering the pigs and letting it rest, the Bermuda came on like gangbusters. We turned the sheep in, they ate all the weeds and turned up their noses at the Bermuda. I've been taking my wagon down the roadside, digging Bahia and sprigging it in this pasture. Now I am sprigging Bahia in a second 1 acre pasture. I know eventually it will take over, since my sheep love it, that's a good thing.
I was looking for a cool season grass for winter grazing. I've seeded Gulf rye the last two fall seasons and will probably mix it with the fescue this fall. Or should I skip the rye grass this fall?
Will the fescue live through the summer? We bought seed at East Texas Seed Co. in Tyler. The salesman was very helpful and advised that it would die out in the summer. He recommended overseeding it in the fall for best results. Bahia/fescue might make a good combination. Any thoughts?
