Planting & Establishment
Interseeding Cool-Season Species into Warm-Season Grasses
Warm season grasses can be tremendously productive, but have a very short growing season, letting a large amount of sunlight go unutilized. Interseeding a cool season species can add to total production, extend the grazing season, improve soil biology, and fix nitrogen if legumes are used. While we are not suggesting this as a practice in pristine native grasslands, many pastures have been broadcast sprayed with herbicides and have had their legume and forb component elimi...
