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Re: Switch grass/Kay Lancaster

On Tue, 24 Mar 1998, Clifford Welsch wrote:

> Kay Lancaster - Blackwell Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum) is not excessively
> aggressive in our restored tallgrass prairie in south-central Michigan.  In
> contrast, Cave-in-Rock Switchgrass is very aggressive; I will not plant the
> Cave-in-Rock variety again on my site.  Our soil is mesic but much of it is
> relatively heavy clay.  Perhaps heavy clay is not supportive of aggressive
> growth of Switchgrass when the vaariety is Blackwell.  Clifford Welsch

If I recall correctly, both cultivars were selected for forage quantity
and quality for cows, not prairies.  ;-)

Kay Lancaster    kay@fern.com
just west of Portland, OR; USDA zone 8


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