Tall Fescue Mix?

[Stocker Steve]

Planning to reseed part of a meadow that has been in timothy and red clover.
Would rather not put in reed canary.
How much moisture can tall fescue take?

 

[Aaron]

From what I have seen in other fields, it seems to take moisture well as long as it's not continually saturated.

 

[gonzo]

got some in some bottom payure lik aa say's it dose't do well under water but it holds up better than any thing else I'VE TRYED

 

[Stocker Steve]

got some in some bottom payure lik aa say's it dose't do well under water but it holds up better than any thing else I'VE TRYED

meaning the stand lasts a long time or it produces well or both?

 

[agmantoo]

Fescue is VERY tolerant of wet conditions. All waterways created to reduce erosion where I live are planted to Fescue. It will not withstand standing water for extended periods however, 3 to 5 days should not kill the fescue once it is established.

 

[Stocker Steve]

Fescue is VERY tolerant of wet conditions. All waterways created to reduce erosion where I live are planted to Fescue. It will not withstand standing water for extended periods however, 3 to 5 days should not kill the fescue once it is established.

Thanks - - I had assumed you needed meadow fescue where it is damp.

 

[dun]

Fescue is VERY tolerant of wet conditions. All waterways created to reduce erosion where I live are planted to Fescue. It will not withstand standing water for extended periods however, 3 to 5 days should not kill the fescue once it is established.

Thanks - - I had assumed you needed meadow fescue where it is damp.

Around here all they use is KY31. We have one field that is at a bottom of a slope. That field stays wet for a month or more after any rain. Wet to the point that the cows pug it something awfull. It's a good fescue hay field and after the hay is cut it grows up into 2-3 foot tall clover. But it comes back year after year, 15 so far!

 

[gonzo]

Same as Dun I plant k35 don't want to advertise for it but it grows where I plant it if it dies out there aint much that will grow there. I can't tell you how long it lasts cuz I just started using it 2 years ago . It groes in the woods and chokes out most any weeds. stock eats it pretty much yearound . They seem to like it more when it get's colder. I have some spots down in the swamp by some treestands it has creeped int o the brush and started takin over. I couldn't get any of that high dollar feedplot seed to grow for years in the same spots.