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Page 2 • • <br />Seeding Guide <br />• <br />L J <br />• <br />Critical area planting: <br />Non-irrigated: the following seeding recommendation is based on 40 pure- <br />live-seeds (P,L,S.) per square foot (P,L.S./sq. ft.). <br />Common Name <br />Side-oats grama <br />Needle-and-thread <br />Little bluestem <br />Thickspike wheatgrass <br />Blue grama ~ <br />Sand dropseed <br />Prairie sandreed* <br />Sand bluestem <br />Switchgrass <br />Suggested Seeding i•lixture <br />Scientific Name Varieties <br />Bouteloua curtipendula <br />Stipa comata <br />Schizachyriwi scoparium <br />Agropyron dasystachyum <br />Bouteloua gracilis , <br />Sporobolus cryptandrus <br />Calamouilfa longifolia <br />Adropogon hallii <br />Panicum virgatum <br />Vaughn <br />Coranerc i al <br />Pastura <br />Covington, <br />Commercial <br />Woodward <br />Nebraska 2 <br />TOTAL <br />Percent Pounds <br />Composition P.L.S./Acre <br />30 2,7 <br />23 3.5 <br />10 ,7 <br />10 1.1 <br />10 ,2 <br />10 .03 <br />5 .3 <br />1 .2 <br />1 ,OS <br />1001; 8.78 lbs/ac <br />-;Seed source from within 150 miles of planting site is recommended. <br />The recommended seeding dates are between A]arch 1st and .lone 1st. <br />Proper seeding equipment should be used. A grass drill should be equipped with <br />a satisfactory feeding mechanism, agitator, double disk furrow openers and packer <br />wheels. <br />The above seeding rate should be increased two fold if broadcasting the seed by <br />hand or a manually operated seeder, such as small areas not accessible to drill. <br />The seedbed shall be free of perennial plant competition and should be reasonably <br />firm. Seed will be covered with '~" to '~" of plant growth medium. <br />Critical areas should not have slopes steeper than 3:1. Slopes of 6:1 or flatter <br />are much more desirable. In general, the chance for vegetation establishment <br />increases as the percent of slope decreases. <br />Mulching with clean straw (grass, hay, or ceral grain) applied at a rate of 4,000 <br />pounds per acre urill provide 92 percent coverage for the soil surface. This will <br />reduce erosion, retain soil moisture and maintain soil temperature that is needed <br /> <br />