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The First cor~sider-ation in a successful r-eclarnation pr-o,ject is tc~ str,[4::p i e the er: i st i ng tc~pso i I for- future use. Evers though the s~~ i I sur-face i s e;:tr-erne l y r-nc4::y and •gra.ve I I y, there i s st i l V ernougt~ organ i s matter- and grc~wtti rnediurn present t~~ gave a.r~ impact c~r~ the success of arty future seedinge.. I would recr,rnrnerni that a rninimurn of is to := inches of tl-~e surface layer be set aside f~~r- future use. Revegetat i on r-ecornrnendat i c~r~s ar-e Based on several factors that i nc I ude fut~-ire use of the site as well as species adaptat~ility. Ir. tl-~is. particular' case, I am assuming that the a.r-ea wi I I tie r-ever-ted t~ac4:: to ir-r-igated pastur-e and/car- hayland ar~d that grass quality and annual producti~~n are going to tie the rnc~st critical factc~r-s. For the pur'pc~sr= ~rF seed i n3 i r r- i gated I and t~~ i mpr~~ved grass var-i et i es, i't is getter- tc-~ 4::eep tf'ie ini;;tur'e as simple as pc~-,_it~Ie. Mor~ocultur-es c.f sin<3ular-ly seeded sr~ecies ar-e almost always tl-~e beat since they avoid prok~ I ero_; ref d i Ffer-i rig rnatur-at i can dates r~ften encountered with seed i rig rnar~y ~.;ifFeren't species. Ir. this case, t~ecause of tF~e Ir~l-~er-ent ir~eFficiencies a;sociaicd with ..gild rnountair~ flc ~d il'rigatian systems and var-iati~~r~s iri tl-ie deptl-, ~;f .she water- table, I feel that two specles are needed t~~ address the rnc~is{:ur-e differ-er,ces witt~ir~ the field, i.e., a more water tolerant species far- the I ~~~.~ ar-eas and a rnar-e drought to I er-ant species for- the t:I gY~ areas. ThEr fol Ic~wing ar"e recc~rnrner:ded grass species, varieties and seeding rates tc. tie used fc~r- the rec I a i rued ;;rave I pit: SF'ECIE5__ VARIETY % IN MIXTURE RATE/ACRE ACRES LES_-FLS*. Srn:~ott~ L-;~c~rne Mar~ct~ar- 5r:! l:.r:! Its '=~.'3 1~_;.7 Tirnc~thy C~I irna:; _- _ ' 's~.;~ 1'?.= -: F'L5, F'~r-e Live Seed: = the pe wi I 1 rnos;~l; I ib:.ely rep-luire 100 c.r ?4,~,.5 pnund~a of F'ure Live Sa•~;5. shou I d figure tYie t~r.r 14:: qurrr, F, i ty r-cent pur-Ity more po~!r~ds If ynu spec f r. r- y c~ u . tF~e pr-r'cen+. gerrninati~~r~. It of t~ul4:: seed quantity to equal ify Fure Live Seed, the ~:lealer The=r' see~aing rates ar'e teased ~~n 4i! F'ure Live Seed per square f~~c~t for.. bo~tti species seeded together. ThE~: difference in tyre number- of pounds t:e tween I?r~,me and 't imc~t!'ry i s doe t~~ i nd i i duo! seed '.~e i gFi+.s. It takes !giver 7..~ mill .. r. tirnc~ttry seeds t:~ rnat:.e a pourn~ ar~d orilY 1"=5,000 srn~~nth br-rrrne gr?~~~{, tc~ dc. the sa.rne. Al sc~, i t i=. assumed that 't t:e seed wi I i tie planted 'with a. grass drIII, if tti:. seed is broadcasted, the seeding rates shnuld tie deut~ I ed. Pr i ~.~r- t~~ seeding, tl-~e stoc4::p i I ed topsc~ i I st~ou! d tie reF~ I aced ar~d the area t~an4:s I aped sr. that there are rn? s I apes steeper- than 4:1 . For 1-~est r-esul t.s, tl-~e seeding shou I d tie per-formed with ttie use of a grasa dr-i1! e•auiF~pVd witl-i a srtisfact~~r-y feeding rner--Hanisir~, agitat~~r, doul:~ I e-disk fury caw opener=, depth bands and par4:.er whee I s. Seed sh~~ul d t~r_ F~lanted 'tn a d~ec~~tl-i a~F about 1/~~ to !~M1 innc~s for- opi;,irnum germinat~~on. A.c!~J i't i one.l seedbed pr'epa.r-a.t i on rr~'ay not tie necessary i F the seeding i s d~~r~e r i gF~~t a~Ft:er- ttie rep! ar_ernerrt ~~f t~~p~ _~ i I . N~~w~:~ver, ! f weeds h3•Je beers of I c~+,~Gd t~~ I~ecome es+.at~l istied or' if the ~ii I =,ur'face has crusted .ver, it w'i I I tie rr.essary t<. d i sl: two _~ thr r~ar= times pr- i i~r- tc. reed i ny. Seed i rrg racy Ge doi,e ir: t`~~= fall, after- tl-~c f!r.•t goad t::i!ling fro=_'t (usually after' Oct. 27Jth), in the sl:riug, t~efor'? the er~d :~f A.pr-il ~-~r-, for best- results, ar~~ur~d tl-~e firs t• part ~~;' July i:r. t3. t:: f.' advantage r.~f =_urnrner rain=_~ during July grid H ~1 :3u5t. July seediriys also gave l irnited in~ter'f erence fr-urn annual weeds. Page