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Planting grass for horse pasture #482185

Asked September 01, 2018, 1:51 AM EDT

What grass / grasses would be best to plant for horse pasture in the Bayfield Colorado area. The elevation is 6900 ft

La Plata County Colorado

Expert Response

Sorry for the delay.

These websites may help:

http://sam.extension.colostate.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/07/15-fall.pdf

http://sam.extension.colostate.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/07/10-fall.pdf

(go to page 9)

http://sam.extension.colostate.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/07/seeding-plan.pdf

http://sam.extension.colostate.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/07/forage-guide.pdf

Typically people plant either dryland or irrigated pasture mix that you can get at Basin CoOp in Durango or at Southwest Seed in Dolores.

Hope this helps.

Darrin Parmenter County Extension Director Horticulture Agent CSU Extension - La Plata County 2500 Main Ave Durango, CO 81301 (970) 382-6464 cell: (970) 759-4369parmenterdm@co.laplata.co.us www.laplataextension.orgwww.facebook.com/laplatacountyextension Replied September 17, 2018, 5:44 PM EDT

This work is supported in part by New Technologies for Ag Extension grant no. 2020-41595-30123 from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the view of the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

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