Pensacola bahiagrass seed should be applied at 2 5 to 4 5kg per 100m2 of lawn or 10 40kg per acre.
Pensacola bahia grass germination.
Once established this superior variety produces a durable drought tolerant low growing lawn that.
Pensacola bahiagrass is grown and planted on more acres than any of the other varieties of bahia.
The best time to sow bahia grass seed is in the spring and early summer.
Plant pensacola bahia grass seed one month before you hope to see sprouts.
It has been established on several million acres of roads lawns pasture forage and conservation lands in the southern states of usa since it s discovery in 1935 by ed finlayson of the escambia county extension service.
If you re planting in july or august when it is hot outside germination can happen much faster in 10 to 14 days.
The most important factor is that the soil be warm.
It takes the variety an average of 28 days to germinate.
Pensacola bahia seed is the most widely used of all the bahia grass seed varieties.
Bahia grass paspalum notatum is a low growing creeping perennial and a warm season grass meaning that it will be a rich green in the summer and tend to lose.
Seeds may be coated to protect and encourage rapid germination.
You can also sow in the fall but the seed will not germinate until the spring and growth will be reduced.