1982vett
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Hand planted about 1/3 of an acre in mid August. I pulled runners off the edges of another plot, dug a trench and covered all but the tip of the runner then watered them in with my sprayer and garden hose.
novatech":1cy1254i said:The first winter the runners that did not root all froze back to the mother plant.
1982vett":cyklg4el said:The tifton is just somthing else to play with.
I leased a pasture with Callie. I have not noticed any rust in the past 5 years. There are some blank spots, so it may have been rust or could have frozen. I really don't pay to much attention to it as the adjoining fileds are Tifton 85.1982vett":27001rk1 said:Novatech, do you have much problem with rust on your Callie Giant? I have an Uncle that had a small plot that has just a few spots of it left. I'm thinking it pretty much froze out in the early 70s and 80s but I also noticed it would rust pretty easily too. If it weren't for the rust I might would try to get some of it going. Although that would go against my newer directive of establishing "low input cost to maintain" type grasses.
novatech":t52zi1q2 said:I leased a pasture with Callie. I have not noticed any rust in the past 5 years. There are some blank spots, so it may have been rust or could have frozen. I really don't pay to much attention to it as the adjoining fileds are Tifton 85.1982vett":t52zi1q2 said:Novatech, do you have much problem with rust on your Callie Giant? I have an Uncle that had a small plot that has just a few spots of it left. I'm thinking it pretty much froze out in the early 70s and 80s but I also noticed it would rust pretty easily too. If it weren't for the rust I might would try to get some of it going. Although that would go against my newer directive of establishing "low input cost to maintain" type grasses.
What low input (drought tolerant I assume) grasses are you planing on trying?
ffamom":268r7osm said:I've been researching for my upcoming ecology unit. Did you know that King Ranch Blue Stem is considered an invasive plant?