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southern portions of Florida this is perhaps the most satisfactorymethod of making a good turf which will be more or less firm and whichwill be green through the winter months. Italian rye will burn out assoon as the weather begins to get warmer during the middle or latterpart of March, and can be reseeded on the foundation of Bermudagrass, in the same manner, during the succeeding fall. Lawns composed of the northern mixtures of grass seed, of whichthe Ross's Southern Mixture is typical, can be seeded at any timeduring the cooler months between November and March. Theselawns may be maintained in the same manner that any northern lawnis maintained if an excessive amount of care in watering is devoted tothem during the hot summer months. It is preferable to reseed eachseason. This type of lawn is prepared and seeded in a manner similarto the lawns of the north and will establish itself under normal condi-tions in a period ranging from four to six weeks. This seed is sown atthe rate of one pound for each two hundred square feet of lawn area.The operation of seeding lawns with mixtures of northern seedadapted for southern use, and also with Italian rye, is the same assowing seed for the development of lawns in the north. |
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