Don't let cheap imitations fool you. Our Pensacola bahia grass is high quality seed that goes through rigorous testing and meets all quality control standards. We want you to have the best seed available that will germinate quick, fill in quick, have a lush green look, and be drought, wear, and disease resistant. Bahia is used for lower input lawns, roadside erosion control & pastures. It is planted from the deep south to Texas to North Carolina to Florida. It has a narrow blade with attractive green leaves. Used extensively for pasture and erosion control throughout the Southern states. Much more winter hardy than Argentine Bahia. Good drought resistance with a deep root system. Very good environmentally friendly grass which will save on your waterbill. Bahia should be reseeded over time because it natually thins out.

Pensacola Bahiagrass is grown and planted on more acres than any of the other varieties of Bahia. It has been established on several million acres of roads, lawns, pasture, forage and conservation lands in the Southern states of the USA.

Normal (average) germination period for Pensacola is considered to be 28 days. When dormancy is broken in the seeds they germinate in approximately 28 days. During hotter summer months such as July / August when rainfall is also plentiful, Pensacola Bahia seed can germinate in as quick as 10-14 days. Higher soil temps coupled with moist conditions will also cause more of the seed to germinate.

Our Pensacola bahia grass has long, slim (narrow) leaves with an extensive root system that grows to depths of 7-10 feet. Pensacola also has more cold-tolerance than the other Bahia's, thus it can be grown further North toward and in the transition zone. Top growth is usually killed by "mild frost", but it recovers fast with warm weather. In colder areas the Pensacola variety produces more early and late season forage growth than the other Bahia varieties.

Pasture Use: Pensacola Bahia grass was discovered in the coastal Gulf of the Florida panhandle and has since grown into one the major pasture grasses. This grass is a full sun, high heat, drought resistant, easily seeded establisher. It can grow in shadier conditions than most warm season grasses and is grown in conjunction with pine tree farming Pensacola Bahia forms a dense, thick sod that can keep the weeds out and is very disease resistant with the mole cricket and army worms being the only pest problems. The fertility rates for Pensacola are lower than many other forage grasses and it can withstand heavy herd trampling and recover from overgrazing rather quickly.

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