more efficient moisture retention and quicker plant establish-
ment (14).
 Broadcast planting rates vary from 500 pounds of stemmy
green grass per acre on newly prepared native land to 2,000
pounds or more on old fields which are infested with other
grasses and broadleaf weeds. A trial on virgin land at the
Range Cattle Station in 1964 showed a planting rate of 1,000
pounds of freshly cut grass to be superior to 500 pounds per
acre. Rates in excess of 1,000 pounds had no advantage in speed
or density of pangolagrass establishment. Planting can be done
whenever moisture conditions are adequate and vegetative ma-
terial is available. Herbicide treatment immediately following
planting is recommended on land infested with watergrass
(sedges) or broadleafed weeds (7, 21, 28). Either 2-chloro-4,
6 bis-(ethylamino)-5 triazene (Simazine), or 2,4-dichloro phen-
oxy acetic acid (2,4-D) on moist surface soil at 2 pounds active
ingredient per acre has given effective control in Florida trials.
Grazing of new plantings should be delayed until the ground is
covered with runners; this usually requires 60 to 90 days during
favorable weather and longer in cool or dry periods.

 Lime
 Pangolagrass can be established and will make vigorous
growth on sandy soils with pH 4.2 to 4.5 if it receives complete
fertilizer and necessary minor elements. However, addition of
lime using the dolomitic form if the magnesium level is low,
increases production through more efficient nutrient utilization
and makes the grass more resistant to weed invasion (16).
Initial treatment at 1 ton per acre is recommended on newly
cleared land with reliming at the same rate at 4-year intervals6.

 Fertilizer
 Crops with high production potentials require either naturally
fertile soils or an adequate fertilizer program to reach their full
value. The soil fertility needs of pangolagrass have been subject
to investigation from the time of its first planting in Florida.
The earlier phases of this work showed strong forage yield re-
sponses to increased N fertilization at rates from 0 to 288 pounds
per acre (2). Forage production in another study increased as
N application rose from 30 pounds to 480 pounds per acre
annually (35). Conversely there was a decrease in forage pro-
duction per pound of applied N as the fertilization rate was in-
creased.