Fast growing grass for slope

[aggie11]

I had some dozer work done last week to divert some water around my shop and now i am wanting to seed the fresh dirt. I am not interested in making it a nice lawn area i just want something that will grow fast this time of year and then i can seed rye grass over it this fall. I will eventually let the area grow back with natural brush now that it is sloped and the way i want it. What does the green screen recommend?

[texansfan]

K31

[jlp04c]

Frog Fruit is great for exactly what you've described.. But it is super invasive and will out compete everything around there. But it doesn't have stickers, its green year round, excellent for erosion control, and makes a great turf substitute

[BrianL]

I would seed with regular Bermuda(or whatever grass you want) and cover with coastal Bermuda hay. On dirt work I covered with hay, grass started and did much better than areas without hay cover.

[aggie11]

Frog Fruit is great for exactly what you've described.. But it is super invasive and will out compete everything around there. But it doesn't have stickers, its green year round, excellent for erosion control, and makes a great turf substitute

Where can you buy it?

[aggie11]

I would seed with regular Bermuda(or whatever grass you want) and cover with coastal Bermuda hay. On dirt work I covered with hay, grass started and did much better than areas without hay cover.

how much hay did you use and did you just mow over it when grass grew up?

[Dushon]

I would seed with regular Bermuda(or whatever grass you want) and cover with coastal Bermuda hay. On dirt work I covered with hay, grass started and did much better than areas without hay cover.

That’s what I would do. Can you put a sprinkler there to water it?


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[jlp04c]

Where can you buy it?

Alot of local landscape places carry it.. or it's readily available around ponds/lakes growing naturally.. It propogates very easily, a few sprigs and off it goes!

[aggie11]

That’s what I would do. Can you put a sprinkler there to water it?


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yes i can get a sprinkler to it easily, it is about 1/4 of an acre area so i will need a few sprinklers. A buddy has a cultipacker i think ill seed it then drag it and pack. Hopefully this will help

[BrianL]

I used about 80 square bales and 3 or 4 round bales. I was covering a 2 ac pond dam. I started putting out by hand, then I would throw blocks of hay and run over with a lawnmower. A wood chipper works great as well. Where I got tired and lazy and didn't put hay covering, I'm still dealing with areas of erosion and poor grass growth.

[topwater blowup]

Hydroseed it...

[BrianL]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPqwvWTBe0g

[batmaninja]

On dirt work I covered with hay, grass started and did much better than areas without hay cover.

What is the purpose of covering it with hay?

I had a tank dug and am trying to get some vegetation to stick to the sides, but I have a pretty good slope to it, and dont think hay will stick for long.

[BrianL]

Mine was close to 3:1 and it stuck. It does several things. It mats together and almost makes a blanket over the entire area. It holds seeds in place. It reduces much of the erosion. It holds way more moisture in the soil to give seeds better germination. It naturally has grass seed in it, so be careful which kind of hay, and age of hay.

[GA Bowhunter]

Brown top millet and triple 19.

Spread it and if you get a heavy dew on it you will have visible green in 3 days.

We use it on Georgia red clay in the hot months for erosion control. Broadcast it on top or the ground.

If you want permanent grassing broadcast brown top millet and Bermuda. The BTM will shade the Bermuda so it can establish.

An added bonus is that doves love BTM.