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Summer Grasses

Categories: GRASS SODS

One of the worst pests is the annual grasses,

springing up in June, July, and August. They are responsible for many

failures to obtain stands of alfalfa, clover, and the valuable grasses.

The delay in seeding until August is due largely to this pest. When

seedings are made in the spring, or in June, failure is invited where

these grasses have a fast hold. The only effective way of combating

them is to make the ground firm enough to encourage germination, and to

stir the surface whenever a growth starts. The late seeding is the one

means of escape, and if there is fertility and moisture, the newly

seeded crop becomes well rooted by winter and takes the ground so

completely that there is little room for weeds to start the next year.



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