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<blockquote data-quote="Mark Reynolds" data-source="post: 1813149" data-attributes="member: 43196"><p>The NRCS offices themselves will not have a drill for rental. However, they usually know where you can rent one as seeding is a regular practice that they write contracts for. Often, the SWCD (Soil and Water Conservation District) is directly associated with the local NRCS office and they very well could have a drill you can rent for a nominal fee, and I do mean nominal.</p><p></p><p>It's already been stated. Grass seed, especially warm season grasses, which Bermuda is, is 'inconsistent' in its germination rate. You might have only got 10% germination to start with, but by this time next year, or in 2 years, you may have 80-95% germination rates, unless you have lost the seed off site due to erosion. That is where your nurse crops come into play that have also been mentioned here. I suspect it is too late at this point, but planting a warm season annual over your Bermuda as a soil stableizer to give your Bermuda more time to germinate and hold the soil until then may be worth considering. Also consider a cool season annual for this fall/winter for the same reasons.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mark Reynolds, post: 1813149, member: 43196"] The NRCS offices themselves will not have a drill for rental. However, they usually know where you can rent one as seeding is a regular practice that they write contracts for. Often, the SWCD (Soil and Water Conservation District) is directly associated with the local NRCS office and they very well could have a drill you can rent for a nominal fee, and I do mean nominal. It's already been stated. Grass seed, especially warm season grasses, which Bermuda is, is 'inconsistent' in its germination rate. You might have only got 10% germination to start with, but by this time next year, or in 2 years, you may have 80-95% germination rates, unless you have lost the seed off site due to erosion. That is where your nurse crops come into play that have also been mentioned here. I suspect it is too late at this point, but planting a warm season annual over your Bermuda as a soil stableizer to give your Bermuda more time to germinate and hold the soil until then may be worth considering. Also consider a cool season annual for this fall/winter for the same reasons. [/QUOTE]
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