Pastures for Florida


into the soil with a forked stick similar to the method used for
sweet potatoes. Green but rather mature stems and runners,
1/2 ton per acre, may be spread, disked in immediately and
packed. This technique requires favorable soil moisture.
 Pangola grass is best adapted to fertile and moist soils. It does
not grow well on flooded soils but will grow on well drained soils.
It is necessary to fertilize before planting, and the more acid
soils should be limed. Pangola grass may be used for pastures
and hay. Grazing tests indicate that it produces nutritious and
palatable herbage.
 Cogon Grass (Imperata cylindrica (L.) Beauv.) is a perennial
which spreads by underground rootstalks or stems. New plants
which are upright in growth habit form at the joints of the
underground stems. It grows 2 to 6 feet high, depending upon
fertility of the soil. It seeds occasionally, light feathery seed
forming on long seedstalks.


 FIG. 33.- CENTIPEDE GRASS.
This is a low-growing, dense perennial spreading by vigorous runners.
 has spikelike seedstalks and several brown seed usually are present.