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RED RIVER CRABGRASS (Forage
Selection)
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Red River Crabgrass |
Red River Crabgrass is a proven, researched, officially released variety of a
very productive proven forage type crabgrass selection from Noble Foundation,
Ardmore, OK. It is the only known released variety of crab grass in the world. Red River
Crabgrass is widely adapted from the Mid-West U. S. throughout the South-central
and Southeast U. S. and has numerous applications for high quality and double-crop forage use. Very palatable. Red River crabgrass seed is the best, highest genetic and
physical purity Mother Nature will allow.
Red River Crabgrass is ideal for forage, soil conservation, and other uses. It
is adapted throughout the Southeast United States from Kansas east or south and
other limited areas. It should produce in many mild and temperate regions in the
world.
- High quality summer forage.
- Easy doublecropping with cool season annual grasses and legumes.
- Mixtures with warm season grasses and legumes.
- Double cropping and mixtures with cool season perennial grasses and
legumes.
- Soil conservation: re-vegetation of pond dikes, roadsides, old fields,
and other problem areas.
- Environmental management: effluent management systems, high nutrient
uptake, oil field sites, landfills, etc.
- Nurse crop for warm season vegetation.
- Orchard groundcover for dust and mud control; easily manicured surface
by grazing or mowing.
- Turf and turf mixtures.
- Wildlife cover, food, and nesting.
Read more
information about Red River Crabgrass:
General Crabgrass
Information
Digitaria sanguinalis
Origin:
Southern Africa
Description:
Annual.
Primary Adaption:
Very productive in Southern Gulf Coast area.
Uses: Useful for
pasture and hay.
Planting Rate:
Plant seeds 4-6 lbs. an acre March-May. Reseeds well.
Fertilization:
Responsive to nitrogen
Seasonal Production:
May-September
Management:
Crabgrass needs to be adequately fertilized to support good stocking
rates. - It is a volunteer crop (weed) in many pastures.
Pests:
Armyworms.
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