What seed varieties do you guys in the Southeast use for ground cover in a field that'll just be used for recreation/shooting and maybe allow for some deer grazing as secondary benefit? I cleared about 5-6 acres last year by our houseplace and it's time to turn under the old winter weeds and actually plant something. I want something that will take over but not get too terribly tall. Will plan to bush-hog it down to 4-5" tall a couple times per year. No livestock on it. I'm in north central LA, where it'll get pretty hot and this field is fairly wide-open. Thanks......

Whatever you use, hopefully you’ll NEVER get cogongrass.


Woo weee.

It’s a pain in a rear…

Fescue is popular in the SE. It's not the best forage crop, but it is easy to grow, and does make a good ground cover.

What about red or white clover? I reclaimed some badly overgrazed land with Imperial and it work as an attractive ground cover, bee magnet and the deer wouldn't leave it.

RS

Fescue. But if you ever have plan other than a green field, I'd consider something else. It is hard to kill and has no forage value.

Fescue gonna struggle and more than likely die if you get too far south. We can't grown it where i'm at, cooler months only. Perennial ryes do ok but it gets beat up pretty hard in the summer months.

White and red clovers are popular.

Buddy has about 300 acres of pristinely kept up hunting property, he plants everything he can with alfalfa. It's beautiful, its pretty hot down here right now and its still great. A lot of folks mix with with bermuda to sort of have a year long green.

This was also my wife's suggestion, as we already had a small, cleared area that adjoins this field and the clover seems to want to do well there. Will look into it further. Thanks!