Publication Date
1997
Description
Despite a mild climate and relatively uniform distribution of rainfall, cool-season pastures in the Coastal Plain of the southeastern U.S. have been limited primarily to annual grasses and legumes. Preliminary evaluations indicated promise for the recently released cultivar, ‘Georgia-5’ tall fescue (Festuca arundinacea Schreb.), and an experimental Texas bluegrass (Poa arachnifera Torr.). Commercially available seed supplies allowed evaluation of the tall fescue at multiple sites, while the Texas bluegrass evaluation was limited by seed availability to a single small-plot experiment. Both site and management affected survival of the tall fescue sown into stands of warm-season grasses. Density of the warm-season grass sod at planting and competition from the warm-season grass during the initial summer appeared to be critical aspects of tall fescue stand establishment. Texas bluegrass seedlings transplanted on a 10-cm spacing formed a dense sod during the second growing season, while stands from a 30-cm spacing were apparently affected by earliness of transplanting.
Citation
Pitman, W D., "Perennial Cool-Season Grasses for the Warm Temperate Louisiana Coastal Plain" (2024). IGC Proceedings (1997-2023). 25.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/igc/1997/session22/25
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Perennial Cool-Season Grasses for the Warm Temperate Louisiana Coastal Plain
Despite a mild climate and relatively uniform distribution of rainfall, cool-season pastures in the Coastal Plain of the southeastern U.S. have been limited primarily to annual grasses and legumes. Preliminary evaluations indicated promise for the recently released cultivar, ‘Georgia-5’ tall fescue (Festuca arundinacea Schreb.), and an experimental Texas bluegrass (Poa arachnifera Torr.). Commercially available seed supplies allowed evaluation of the tall fescue at multiple sites, while the Texas bluegrass evaluation was limited by seed availability to a single small-plot experiment. Both site and management affected survival of the tall fescue sown into stands of warm-season grasses. Density of the warm-season grass sod at planting and competition from the warm-season grass during the initial summer appeared to be critical aspects of tall fescue stand establishment. Texas bluegrass seedlings transplanted on a 10-cm spacing formed a dense sod during the second growing season, while stands from a 30-cm spacing were apparently affected by earliness of transplanting.
