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????? sprigging Alicia Bermuda
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<blockquote data-quote="Jogeephus" data-source="post: 1109332" data-attributes="member: 4362"><p>Before you do anything you need to be sure the soil is limed properly and is fertilized as per a soil test. The ground needs to be harrowed smooth then its just a matter of putting the cuttings on the field and pushing them in.</p><p></p><p>Ideally, you want to use Bermuda that is overgrown and rank. These have more nodes on them than shorter grass. The nodes is where the root growth will come from.</p><p></p><p>The best thing you can do is find a hay field that is close to your site and leave a small strip uncut for your nursery. A couple of weeks after you have cut this field for hay your nursery should be getting to size. Then its just a matter of watching the weather. When rain is imminent you want to cut a small length of this nursery with a hay mower or sickle mower that DOES NOT have a conditioner on it because you want to avoid any damage to the stems since this will cause them to dry too fast. (This is not the best time since spring is but since you are using cuttings and not sprigs you have little other choice)</p><p></p><p>Once you cut a little strip, load a wagon down with the cuttings you raked up while at the same time have someone harrowing the field in front of you. You then just scatter the cuttings on the bare ground - lightly - not in clumps. Once scattered, harrow the plants in with the discs turned as straight as you can then pack it with tractor tires or a roller.</p><p></p><p>After this, if there is a threat of texas millet or crabgrass spray 2,4-D at 2 pints to the acre on the bare dirt. This will impeded these two grasses from overtaking your Bermuda.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jogeephus, post: 1109332, member: 4362"] Before you do anything you need to be sure the soil is limed properly and is fertilized as per a soil test. The ground needs to be harrowed smooth then its just a matter of putting the cuttings on the field and pushing them in. Ideally, you want to use Bermuda that is overgrown and rank. These have more nodes on them than shorter grass. The nodes is where the root growth will come from. The best thing you can do is find a hay field that is close to your site and leave a small strip uncut for your nursery. A couple of weeks after you have cut this field for hay your nursery should be getting to size. Then its just a matter of watching the weather. When rain is imminent you want to cut a small length of this nursery with a hay mower or sickle mower that DOES NOT have a conditioner on it because you want to avoid any damage to the stems since this will cause them to dry too fast. (This is not the best time since spring is but since you are using cuttings and not sprigs you have little other choice) Once you cut a little strip, load a wagon down with the cuttings you raked up while at the same time have someone harrowing the field in front of you. You then just scatter the cuttings on the bare ground - lightly - not in clumps. Once scattered, harrow the plants in with the discs turned as straight as you can then pack it with tractor tires or a roller. After this, if there is a threat of texas millet or crabgrass spray 2,4-D at 2 pints to the acre on the bare dirt. This will impeded these two grasses from overtaking your Bermuda. [/QUOTE]
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