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Planting Indian grass???????

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Mark

02-03-2002 07:14:03




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Im trying to figure out the best way to plant Indian grass. I was told Indian grass seeds will plug most drills due to it being too fluffy. Is this true? Im using a 8n and I need to transport my implement down a narrow logging road so what I choose to go with has to be about as wide as the tractor. ALL ideas and help is greatly appreciated.
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Robert in W. Mi.

02-04-2002 16:02:44




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 Re: Planting Indian grass??????? in reply to Mark, 02-03-2002 07:14:03  
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I do a lot of custom Rotavateing to reclaim old ground, and some of my customers want me to plant a cover crop when done. This is what i use, and it works really well on those bigger, or odd sized seeds. Robert



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W jackson

02-03-2002 12:24:52




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 Re: Planting Indian grass??????? in reply to Mark, 02-03-2002 07:14:03  
You might try contacting your local soil conservation service. Sometimes they have planting implements that they rent or loan out and they might be useful for this fluffly seed. Good luck.



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Farmer-Gene

02-04-2002 03:08:48




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 Re: Re: Planting Indian grass??????? in reply to W jackson, 02-03-2002 12:24:52  
Well call me stupid, but what exactly is indian grass? Never heard of it. If it's big and fluffy like brome grass I have a brillion cultipacker with brome boxes on the back that plants large seed.



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Mark

02-04-2002 04:10:20




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 Re: Re: Re: Planting Indian grass??????? in reply to Farmer-Gene, 02-04-2002 03:08:48  
I have heard from one person that I would need a brillion. Indian grass is a native grass that use to grow in the plains areas before we came in and turned all of the plains into farm fields. It grows 6' to 8' tall and needs to be burned off every 3 or 4 years. Years ago nature would take care of this with lightning strikes and a large area would be burned off it would regenerate and a new stand of grass would grow.
Mark

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Keith

02-04-2002 06:55:29




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 Re: Re: Re: Re: Planting Indian grass??????? in reply to Mark, 02-04-2002 04:10:20  
Correct, Indian grass is a native prairie grass similar to Bluestem or Switchgrass. It grows tall and has deeper roots than the Bermuda hybrids making it more drought resistant. It is an excellent pasture grass as the protein content is usually high, and it is easily digestible before it boots. Animals seem to graze it good. I have Bluestem in my pasture and I love it. The highway department seeded it some years ago on the road shoulders and it has spread like mad. I sprayed weeds this past spring with Grazon P+D, then we had a DRY summer (what else is new in TX??). When it rained a little finally in August, the Bluestem came back like mad while the Bermuda stayed dried up. I have a neighbor that cuts a 15 acre Native Prairie hay field every year also. He has learned that fertilizing the grass does not raise the protein level of the hay. It is always thick and makes good hay year after year without fertilizer. All this said, Broadcasting is your best delivery method for sowing. You will want to do this on a CALM day as the seed can fly away with only a slight breeze. Good luck!

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JamesJ-TX

02-04-2002 09:48:28




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 Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Planting Indian grass??????? in reply to Keith, 02-04-2002 06:55:29  
Hey Keith, what part of Texas do you live in, I live in Central Tx. bout 30 min east of Austin.



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Keith

02-04-2002 11:00:17




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 Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Planting Indian grass??????? in reply to JamesJ-TX, 02-04-2002 09:48:28  
East Texas.



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