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Re: Prairie Seeding Cover Crops

I've not specifically used ReGreen but would think it was probably the
seeding rate. Neither the wheat or slender wheatgrass causes any
allelopathic problems.

Cover crops I've used are:
Wheat @ 40 lbs per acre
Oats @ 32 lbs. per acre
millet @ 8 lbs. per acre
annual ryegrass @ 8 lbs. per acre
milo or grain sorghum at 8 - 10 lbs. per acre

Jef Hodges
----- Original Message -----
From: Tom Schneider <tschneid@offo2.epa.state.oh.us>
To: <prairie@mallorn.com>
Sent: Friday, October 13, 2000 12:11 PM
Subject: Prairie Seeding Cover Crops


> Does anyone have experience using a ReGreen as a cover crop?  It is a
winter
> wheat/slender wheatgrass hybrid that is supposedly good as a cover crop.
In the
> one application I have observed it appears to have had a negative impact
upon
> native grasses relative to adjacent areas where a cover crop was not used.
So
> I'm interested in others experience with this particular product and any
> recommendations for appropriate cover crop.  It may well be that the
ReGreen was
> planted at too heavy a rate as this was the first use at the facility.
However,
> the stark contrast between cover crop and no cover crop areas is
concerning us.
>
> I can provide some background on why we need a cover crop in this
particular
> application.  We are working on a large landfill.  The vegetative cover is
going
> to be warm-season grasses.  But as we know they can take a while to get
> established.  In the meantime we need some cover crop to reduce erosion
off the
> facility.  We are trying to blend our stormwater requirements with our
desire to
> have a native plant cover on the landfill.  The ReGreen worked very well
to
> establish quickly with a fall seeding and provide erosion control.
However the
> lack of success for the native grasses is concerning.
>
> Any information you can provide would be greatly appreciated.
>
> --
> Tom Schneider, Fernald Project Manager
> Ohio EPA
> Office of Federal Facilities Oversight
> tschneid@offo2.epa.state.oh.us
> http://offo2.epa.state.oh.us/FERNALD/fernald.htm
>
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