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Tarver Sales · Folsom, LA 70437 · 800-848-9303 |
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Chinese Red Cow Peas In Bahia Grass |
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Chinese Red Cow Peas In Bahia Grass |
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“….Many years of research in Europe and long term studies of over 100 years at the Morrow plots in Illinois and MacGruder plots in Oklahoma have shown that the best soil quality is after many years of perennial grass sod and that soil quality and fertility degrade over many years in continuous crops organic matter…” “….At least a century of data shows that soil health is improved by having a sod based cropping system and that following crop yields are improved enough to make this system a must for those desiring to stay in row crop production….” IMPACT “….Much of the farmland in the Southeast suffers from a hardpan layer starting at 6-8 inches depth and continuing to 14 inches….” “...Increases in water and nutrient extraction and deep root growth in crops following bahiagrass sod is attributed to the effect that the deep penetrating roots of the grass have on soil structure, especially soil pore size. ...Long et al found a seven fold increase in pore sizes greater than 1.0 mm in the dense soil layer below the plow depth. They concluded that the dense soil layer had been penetrated by the bahiagrass roots and that, after the decay of the roots, pores were left that were large enough for the cotton roots to grow through….” |
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Importance of our sod from University of Florida |
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Excerpts from “Perennial Forage in Rotation with Row Crops in the Southeast” By: D. L. Wright, J. J. Marois, and P. J. Wiatrak North Florida REC, University of Florida, Quincy, FL 32351 |
