Bermudagrass and Weeping Lovegrass - Mixtures for Forage

Table 1. Seedbed Preparation Influence on Oven-Dry Yields of Establishing Common Weeping Lovegrass in an Existing Bermudagrass Stand

		Yields (Pounds per Acre)

Primary Tillage Seedbed Preparation Treatments *		Year One	Year Two				Second Season Lovegrass (%)

Fall 1969	Fall 1970	Bermuda-Lovegrass Mixture	Bermudagrass	Lovegrass	Total

Moldboard	Moldboard	1653	527	3240	3767			86
Moldboard	Tandem disk	1894	643	2673	3317	81
None	Moldboard	2330	490	2467	2957	83
None	Offset disk	1669	1347	453	1800	25

Herbage residue was burned before initial tillage of each seedbed, which was finalized by disking and firming with a rolling cultipacker. Moldboard refers to the moldboard plowing method.