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<blockquote data-quote="Mark Reynolds" data-source="post: 1811925" data-attributes="member: 43196"><p>I'm glad it is doing well. Definitely don't graze it yet. I need to learn more about Bermuda as it will be a staple where I'm headed (South Carolina) but I'm in cool season grass country right now (Ohio)...tall fescue, orchard grass, timothy, Kentucky bluegrass. </p><p></p><p>I think (what my brain is telling me) what you want to make sure of is that a good root system develops on the sprigs to the point that the cows are taking the top half of the sprig while leaving the bottom half (rooted) portion of the sprig such that the cow is not breaking off the sprig at the root level with the limited number of new roots and the cow is consuming the whole sprig and leaving nothing to regrow. I agree with [USER=6291]@Brute 23[/USER] let it go the whole season. [USER=6291]@Brute 23[/USER] also said cut it at the end of the season for hay which I suspect will continue to protect the sprigs from being torn out by cattle while removing mature growth which will promote new added and thicker growth at the beginning of next season. Don't cut it too close if you hay though.</p><p></p><p>Someone with more Bermuda experience please verify or correct what I'm saying here.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mark Reynolds, post: 1811925, member: 43196"] I'm glad it is doing well. Definitely don't graze it yet. I need to learn more about Bermuda as it will be a staple where I'm headed (South Carolina) but I'm in cool season grass country right now (Ohio)...tall fescue, orchard grass, timothy, Kentucky bluegrass. I think (what my brain is telling me) what you want to make sure of is that a good root system develops on the sprigs to the point that the cows are taking the top half of the sprig while leaving the bottom half (rooted) portion of the sprig such that the cow is not breaking off the sprig at the root level with the limited number of new roots and the cow is consuming the whole sprig and leaving nothing to regrow. I agree with [USER=6291]@Brute 23[/USER] let it go the whole season. [USER=6291]@Brute 23[/USER] also said cut it at the end of the season for hay which I suspect will continue to protect the sprigs from being torn out by cattle while removing mature growth which will promote new added and thicker growth at the beginning of next season. Don't cut it too close if you hay though. Someone with more Bermuda experience please verify or correct what I'm saying here. [/QUOTE]
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