Pastures for Florida


be planted 1/ to 1 inch in depth, and Bermuda or carpet grass
may be covered 1/4 inch.


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 FIG. 14.-CHOPPING AND PLANTING.
 Palmetto and wiregrass were destroyed by 3 to 5 choppings with a
heavy rotary chopper. A soil pulverizer equipped with grass seeding
attachment was hitched to the chopper for the final chopping, seeding
and packing operation.

 Permanent pasture grasses established with seed may be sown
any time of the year, especially during favorable moisture
periods. February, March and April usually are the most favor-
able months for seeding grasses. Seed broadcast during the
summer rainy seasons on soils subject to standing surface water
has given poor results because of scalded seedlings. Grasses
planted vegetatively (root or stem cuttings), such as Para,
Napier and certain strains of Bermuda, may be planted in late
winter or during the summer rainy season. Napier grass may
be planted with root crowns during February or March, while
stem cuttings or root crowns may be used during June, July or
early August. Stem cuttings of Napier grass may be buried
in autumn and planted the subsequent spring. The soil should
be thoroughly prepared for establishing grasses propagated with
stem or root cuttings.