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<blockquote data-quote="BC" data-source="post: 1388853" data-attributes="member: 67"><p>I agree with Brute on Tifton 85. Research at the TAMU research center at Overton, TX has shown Tifton 85 to produce about 20% more forage than Coastal. T-85 also has shown to have higher digestibility than Coastal. I had the opportunity to hear Dr Glen Burton speak at a field day. He said "Tifton 85 is a better grass and if anybody should know, it is me. I developed both of them". That quote has stuck with me since the early 1990's.</p><p></p><p>Now to your time schedule: You will need to disk your land again in March and prepare a seed bed for the sprigs. For coastal, you want to be through by tax day - April 15. For Tifton 85, you want the grass to green up and start to grow so it will be in May before you plant. Once sprigs are in the ground, you need to roll the ground to press the sprigs in and seal off the soil to prevent soil moisture loss. You will also want to look at what herbicides can be used to control broadleaf weeds on newly sprigged grass. Pray for rain.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BC, post: 1388853, member: 67"] I agree with Brute on Tifton 85. Research at the TAMU research center at Overton, TX has shown Tifton 85 to produce about 20% more forage than Coastal. T-85 also has shown to have higher digestibility than Coastal. I had the opportunity to hear Dr Glen Burton speak at a field day. He said "Tifton 85 is a better grass and if anybody should know, it is me. I developed both of them". That quote has stuck with me since the early 1990's. Now to your time schedule: You will need to disk your land again in March and prepare a seed bed for the sprigs. For coastal, you want to be through by tax day - April 15. For Tifton 85, you want the grass to green up and start to grow so it will be in May before you plant. Once sprigs are in the ground, you need to roll the ground to press the sprigs in and seal off the soil to prevent soil moisture loss. You will also want to look at what herbicides can be used to control broadleaf weeds on newly sprigged grass. Pray for rain. [/QUOTE]
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