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Planting Coastal Bermuda Grass

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Tom

12-23-2000 12:26:38

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We plant coastal bermuda and my question is what is the best way to break the ground ,some of it is sod that hasn't been broken in several years and make a seed bed then we spread the sprigs on the ground with a manure spreader then disc them in and then pull a roller over the groun to pack the soil 'when we are through it does not leave the ground smooth enough . We can't use big equipment because some of the fields are small & trees to go around. If we use some kind of drag,it will probably pull the sprigs back out of the ground and also we are trying to make as few trips as possible,any help would be appreciated

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Burrhead

12-23-2000 13:49:03

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Re: Planting Coastal Bermuda Grass in reply to Tom, 12-23-2000 12:26:38

Tom you're right you can't use a drag or you'll pile up your sprigs.

Have you tried discing it and extra time with a good drag on in the prep stage???

If you can get the texture right and the ground level in the prep you should be able to smooth it with a heavier roller after you disc in your sprigs.

I was having trouble with rolling the ground smooth til I made a roller out of a 250 gallon propane tank.

I fill it with water and can make very short turns without digging a hole or piling up the dirt because the propane tank is rounded on both ends. I don't know what it weighs but I pull it with a 2000 Ford SD and it smoothes this hard clod clay really good.

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paul

12-24-2000 06:25:51

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Re: Re: Planting Coastal Bermuda Grass in reply to Burrhead, 12-23-2000 13:49:03

Water is about 8 lbs per gallon, so if you are at 250 gal, = 1 ton plus the weight of the tank....

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Burrhead--oops

12-24-2000 09:16:45

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Re: Re: Re: Planting Coastal Bermuda Grass in reply to paul, 12-24-2000 06:25:51

Thanks Paul. I was thinking one thing and said another.

What I had meant was to say I did'nt know what weight roller Tom has and that this one smoothes real good in pulverized clay with a small tractor.

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