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08/27/1997 10:56 910223438.6 FRONT RANGE STO~ PAGE 04 <br />AUG 27 '97 7:58 <br />PRr,E.Oea <br />342-2 CYitieal Area Planting <br />Fareillzar reauiremeats_ <br />1. All etitical area plantings shall be fertilised unless field evidenco or <br />a laborstory •011 analysla indicates eufficienc amounts of nitrogen and <br />//''~~ phosphorus ere present !or establiahmenc oP vegetation. <br />She race of fertllizer application shall be no Less char 40 pounds of <br />nitrogen (N) and 40 pounds o! Dhosphace (Y2p5) per acre. Animal manures <br />or similar organic material may De used co supply all or part of the <br />apacified nutrients. <br />3. Tama of application shall be immediately prioc to seeding, at the time of <br />i sending, or immediately following needing, as applicable to the kind of <br />lartiliser and type of equipment used. <br />Saadbsd ra station <br />~?_,j14,~eedbed shall be wall settled and firm, but friable enough eha[ seed can be <br />placed at the seeding depths specified in "Depth of seeding." The seedbed shall <br />be reasonably free o! weeds. Competitive stands of weeds that are presses befoca <br />needing must be controlled by shallow tillage or by application of herbicides <br />labeled for this purpose. <br />Soils that have bean over-compacted by tralfic or equipment, especially when wet, <br />should be tilled Co break up rooting restrictive layers, and then harrowed, rolled <br />or packed to prepare the required firm seedbed. <br />Mathoda of saedinA <br />1. Seed should be pleated with a drill on all slopes of 33 percent (3:1) or <br />!latter. The drill must have the capability of handling the kind and rate <br />of seed being planted. <br />/ ~ Send may be broadens[ by hand, by mechanical spreader, or by hydraulic <br />( equipment on areas that are small, too steep, or not accessible for sand-drill <br />~~ operations. This spaeifieacion does not provide for hydraulic application of <br />• seed and mulch in a single operation. <br />Depth of needing <br />1. Send planted with a drill shall be eovared with soil to adapih of 1/4 [o <br />3/4 inch. <br />2. 9aed planted by the broad ease method shall be incorporated into the surface <br />_ _ soil, not to exceed a depth of 3/4 inch, by raking, harrowing or other proven <br />",_ method. <br />3: Indian ricegrasa any be seeded to a depth of 2 inches an sandy loam and loamy <br />'. '- ~sasd soils. <br />., . . <br /> <br />°f a, <br />USDA/SC8/COLORADO 7/81 TGN I1~0 <br />