Colorado Forage Guide - Colorado State University

Colorado Forage GuideBulletin # 563 ABook design and layout by Chris UhingSpecial thanks to Sharon Bokan, Ginny Price, and Ron Jepson for their review of this document. Photo and illustration credits:Jennifer Cook, front cover photo of slender wheatgrass, figures 6, 8, 25 Ellen Nelson, figure 7 Living on the Land curriculum, figure 9 Pasture and Range plants , Phillips Petroleum Company, 1963, figures 2, 10 13, 15-19, 21, 23, 24, 28, 29, 31-35 Guide to Grasses, Pawnee Buttes Seed, Inc., figures 14, 20, 22, 26, 27, 30 Contributing authors and editors:Jennifer L. Cook, Small Acreage Management Coordinator, CSU Extension/NRCSJoe E. Brummer, CSU Associate Professor/CSU Extension Forage SpecialistPaul J.

Electrical conductivity is determined from a routine soil analysis conducted by soil testing laboratories. The greater the EC of a soil, the greater seed germination is inhibited and plant growth is retarded. No forages will grow on soils with an EC of 30 or more. For more information on saline soils, read the CSU Extension fact sheet no. 0.521 ...

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