need some advice!!!

[uscott]

I live in central Mississippi and I am planting rye grass this weekend where i have bermuda and summer grasses. Should i disk and then plant( if so how bad does it hurt the bermuda and others) or just overseed and fertilize. There is rain in the forecast hopefully to help get good seed contact with soil

 

[BC]

I live in central Mississippi and I am planting rye grass this weekend where i have bermuda and summer grasses. Should i disk and then plant( if so how bad does it hurt the bermuda and others) or just overseed and fertilize. There is rain in the forecast hopefully to help get good seed contact with soil

I would lightly disk (turn the blades straight), overseed and then drag or harrow. It will temporarily set the warm season grass back ( a good thing in that it lets seed get soil contact and lets the seedling have a little sunlight).

 

[bigbull338]

the only thing id do if needed is shredd the pastures your going to plant so the rye grass seed can make contact with the ground.

 

[skyhightree1]

Personally I broadcast seed then disc it in and the board on the disk tends to knock most seeds to the ground for contact that didn't get knocked by the disc.

 

[James T]

I live in central Mississippi and I am planting rye grass this weekend where i have bermuda and summer grasses. Should i disk and then plant( if so how bad does it hurt the bermuda and others) or just overseed and fertilize. There is rain in the forecast hopefully to help get good seed contact with soil

You might want to check the previous thread on "Planting Rye". Not sure sure if they were planting Rye or Ryegrass but for Ryegrass (as in 'annual' Ryegrass) shredding before seed broadcast can be a really good thing so the seed gets down to the ground. Overseeding the Bermuda will not hurt it at all but mowing the Bermuda too close to the ground could! Bermuda should have some leaf mass going into Winter so just dont' scalp it when you mow and you should should do just fine. I'll be doing the same thing with mine real soon.

 

[skyhightree1]

Here is a video I took last year of what I do to disc it in

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07zb4jG-BdQ&feature=plcp

 

[vclavin]

I didn't know you could "hurt" Burmuda. Not even roundup can kill that stuff let alone hurt it. LOL
Blessings
Valerie

 

[TexasBred]

I would lightly disk (turn the blades straight), overseed and then drag or harrow. It will temporarily set the warm season grass back ( a good thing in that it lets seed get soil contact and lets the seedling have a little sunlight).

Way I always did it but I would run a heavy roller over it behind the drill instead of a drag.

 

[skyhightree1]

I dont turn my disc straight cause I want it to fluff up the dirt more... I will tell you this the following year it is a bumpy ride but gets better.