Re: grasses and forbs

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• Subject: Re: grasses and forbs
• From: "* L* <h*@mindspring.com>
• Date: Sat, 7 Feb 1998 16:02:07 -0500

-----Original Message-----
From: MJ Hatfield <oneota@ames.net>
To: prairie@mallorn.com <prairie@mallorn.com>
Date: Saturday, February 07, 1998 9:00 AM
Subject: grasses and forbs


>Ruth,
>It has been my experience that you can seed grasses into a forb stand
>but you cannot seed forbs into a grass stand, not without getting rid of
>some of the grass competition.
>MJ Hatfield
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I just came home from a Naturalized Landscape seminar where this was
discussed somewhat.  What is needed in a prairie-like environment here in
our zone are warm season clump-forming grasses.  They leave spaces for the
forbs to occupy.  Cool season grasses in Michigan, like we use in lawns
here, develop a thick mat root system that smother out forbs.-
Hal Lanktree
Zone 5b, Michigan

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