Fannin Soil & Water Conservation District

200 E. 1st St. Bonham, TX 75418
Tel: 903-583-5612
Fax: 903-583-7993
email:
maryjane.godwin@tx.nacdnet.net

National Resources Conservation Service

Tel: 903-583-9513  Ext:3

Fax: 903-583-7993
email: randy.moore@tx.usda.gov

Fannin Soil and Water Conservation District

NEWSLETTER

 

NRCS

DIRECTORS:
C. W. Jones, Chairman
Billy Partridge, Vice Chairman
Leon Bowman, Secretary-Treasurer
Harvey Milton, Member
David Keene, Member

Sam Stewart, Team Leader
Randy Moore, District Conservationist
Steve Deckard, Soils Cons. Technician
DISTRICT PERSONNEL
Derrell "Bear" Reed, Technician
Mary Jane Godwin, District Secretary

MEETS THIRD TUESDAY AT 8:30 A.M.
 

Volume 12

Fall 2005

Number 2-2

Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6

Grass Planting Guide

(Optimum Planting Rates & Dates)

 

Name

 

 

Planting Rates Per Acre

 

 

Planting Dates

 

Common Bermudagrass Seed, hulled

 

 

2.3 pls

 

4/1 – 5/15

 

Common Bermudagrass Seed, unhulled

 

 

3.0 pls

 

 

 

4/1 – 5/15

 

Giant Bermudagrass Seed

 

 

3.0 pls

 

4/1 – 5/15

 

Bermudagrass Sprigs

 

 

12 bushels

 

1/15 – 5/1

 

WW-B Dahl Bluestem

 

 

1.2 - 1.5 pls

 

2/15 – 4/15

 

Alamo Switchgrass

 

 

4 to 5 lbs.

 

12/15 – 4/1

 

Tall Fescue

 

 

10 to 20 lbs.

 

9/15  – 11/15

 

 

Crimson Clover

 

 

15 - 20 pls

 

9/15 – 11/15

 

Ball Clover

 

 

3.0 pls

 

9/15 – 11/15

 

White Clover

 

 

5.0 pls

 

9/15 – 11/15

 

Annual Ryegrass

 

 

20 to 30 lbs.

 

9/1 – 10/15

 

Wheat

 

 

80 to 100 lbs.

 

9/1 – 10/15

 

Oats

 

 

60 lbs.

 

 

9/1 – 10/15

Note: pls = pure lives seed (Germination + Dormant or Hard Seed x Purity)