Saturday, September 20, 2014

Recommendations for Overseeding Horse Pastures

Thehorse.com - Full Article

By University of Kentucky College of Agriculture, Food, and Environment
Aug 29, 2014

Overseeding horse pastures that contain cool season grasses can help improve pasture production and forage quality and ensure a good ground cover the following year without major pasture renovations.

Overseeding consists of planting seed in a field with existing grass cover to fill in bare patches and thicken the stand. Property owners can overseed the entire pasture or just the trouble areas. The best time for overseeding is the fall when weed competition is low and ideal growing conditions exist for cool-season grasses...

Read more here:
http://www.thehorse.com/articles/27812/recommendations-for-overseeding-horse-pastures?utm_source=Newsletter&utm_medium=bluegrass-equine-digest&utm_campaign=08-31-2014

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