Bahia grass paspalum notatum is a low growing creeping perennial and a warm season grass meaning that it will be a rich green in the summer and tend to lose.
Pensacola bahia grass germination.
Ideal for full sun lawns in the southern coastal plain and gulf coast regions pennington pensacola bahiagrass penkoted grass seed offers your lawn better turf quality and improved tolerance to heat and cold compared to ordinary bahiagrass seed.
The best time to sow bahia grass seed is in the spring and early summer.
Germination of bahia grass seeds.
If you re planting in july or august when it is hot outside germination can happen much faster in 10 to 14 days.
You can also sow in the fall but the seed will not germinate until the spring and growth will be reduced.
Plant pensacola bahia grass seed one month before you hope to see sprouts.
Pensacola bahia seed is the most widely used of all the bahia grass seed varieties.
Once established this superior variety produces a durable drought tolerant low growing lawn that.
It has been established on several million acres of roads lawns pasture forage and conservation lands in the southern states of usa since it s discovery in 1935 by ed finlayson of the escambia county extension service.
Bahia grass will not germinate in cold soil.
Pensacola bahiagrass seed should be applied at 2 5 to 4 5kg per 100m2 of lawn or 10 40kg per acre.
Seeds may be coated to protect and encourage rapid germination.