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What to plant?? #95780 08/31/07 04:04 AM
Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 75 Evangeline, LA K Keith Price OP Lunker
OP Keith Price Lunker K Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 75 Evangeline, LA	I live in SW Louisiana and I finally got my half acre pond dug. All the dirt was used to build up the rest of my property. The majority of this dirt was clay. What kind of grass should I plant on this clay? I wanted to plant Bermuda because the property will just be used as pasture. It is a little late in the year to be planting Bermuda but I need to get something on the dirt soon.

Re: What to plant?? Keith Price #95781 08/31/07 04:18 AM
Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 16,069 Likes: 280 Hurst & Bowie, Texas D Dave Davidson1 Moderator Lunker
Dave Davidson1 Moderator Lunker D Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 16,069 Likes: 280 Hurst & Bowie, Texas	Wheat is probably the most dependable. It's not about the fish. It's about the pond. Take care of the pond and the fish will be fine. PB subscriber since before it was in color. Without a sense of urgency, Nothing ever gets done. Boy, if I say "sic em", you'd better look for something to bite. Sam Shelley Rancher and Farmer Muleshoe Texas 1892-1985 RIP

Re: What to plant?? Dave Davidson1 #95782 08/31/07 04:36 AM
Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 75 Evangeline, LA K Keith Price OP Lunker
OP Keith Price Lunker K Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 75 Evangeline, LA	Will it grow in heavy clay? No top soil

Re: What to plant?? Keith Price #95790 08/31/07 05:42 AM
Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 16,069 Likes: 280 Hurst & Bowie, Texas D Dave Davidson1 Moderator Lunker
Dave Davidson1 Moderator Lunker D Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 16,069 Likes: 280 Hurst & Bowie, Texas	I have one pasture of pretty heavy clay that won't grow much grass but seems to do well with wheat. It also does pretty well with various weeds. It's not about the fish. It's about the pond. Take care of the pond and the fish will be fine. PB subscriber since before it was in color. Without a sense of urgency, Nothing ever gets done. Boy, if I say "sic em", you'd better look for something to bite. Sam Shelley Rancher and Farmer Muleshoe Texas 1892-1985 RIP

Re: What to plant?? Dave Davidson1 #95906 09/01/07 11:11 AM
Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 65 SE Alabama J joerocker Lunker
joerocker Lunker J Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 65 SE Alabama	I used "brown top millet" it comes up FAST and grew on a lot of clay pretty well... You'll need something else too because this is a temporary cover to keep everything from washing back in. I mixed bermuda and bahia with the millet.

Re: What to plant?? joerocker #95923 09/01/07 08:41 PM
Joined: Feb 2006 Posts: 609 Kinder,louisiana W wickedinhere Lunker
wickedinhere Lunker W Joined: Feb 2006 Posts: 609 Kinder,louisiana	I planted 4 acres in bermuda this april and it did very well in my clay soil of course it did better where there was some topsoil. I think bermuda will grown just about anywhere here in louisiana. I even had it start growing in my rocks on the driveway from seed. Heres a before and after pic this is 5 months of growth. You can pay more but you cant buy better.