Crabgrass for Forage: Management from the 1990s/Broadcasting Crabgrass Seed into Annual Winter Pastures to Start a Crabgrass-Winter Pasture Double Crop

Table 1. Stand development of 'Red River' crabgrass broadcast planting overseeded and trod into a 'Maton' rye and 'Marshall' ryegrass mixture

Planting Date	Data	First Summer Crabgrass Ratings after Broadcast Seeding												Second Summer

		5-27¹	6-9	6-17	6-22	6-30	7-6	7-15	7-20	7-28²	8-3³	8-11	8-25

Oct. 1	Gen. rating	0	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Fair	Fair	Fair	Good	Good	Good	Good	Excellent
	CG⁴/sq. ft.	—	—	—	0.1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	Many
	Rel. %	—	—	—	17	—	—	70	—	—	—	—	—	100%
	Stand %	—	—	—	—	—	—	60	—	90	—	95	97	100%

Dec. 9	Gen. rating	0	Poor	Fair	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Exc.	Exc.	Exc.	Excellent
	CG/	—	—	—	0.6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	Many
	Rel. %	—	—	—	100	—	—	100	—	—	—	—	—	100%
	Stand %	—	—	—	—	—	—	85	—	90	—	95	95	100%

Feb. 19	Gen. rating	0	Poor	Fair	Fair	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Exc.	Exc.	Exc.	Excellent
	CG/	—	—	—	0.4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	Many
	Rel. %	—	—	—	67	—	—	88	—	—	—	—	—	100%
	Stand %	—	—	—	—	—	—	75	—	90	—	95	97	100%

April 7	Gen. rating	0	0	Poor	Poor	Fair	Good	Good	Good	Good	Exc.	Exc.	Exc.	Excellent
	CG/	—	—	—	0.2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	Many
	Rel. %	—	—	—	33	—	—	88	—	—	—	—	—	100%
	Stand %	—	—	—	—	—	—	75	—	85	—	85	92	100%

¹Crabgrass was well established on adjoining areas that did not have cereal rye-annual ryegrass cover. ²Crabgrass 2 feet tall and well headed. ³All treatments had full cover by August 3. ⁴Crabgrass.