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["Richard O'Barr" <aatopgunaa@mindspring.com>]

There is a St. Ausustine lawn in B'Ham, AL that has been growing there for
about 50 years.
                                           Topgun
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Lucky Pittman" <lucky.pittman@murraystate.edu>
To: "North American Fruit Explorers" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Friday, April 30, 2004 8:45 AM
Subject: [NAFEX] St. Augustine grass


> At 04:36 PM 4/29/2004 -0500, RW Spalinger wrote:
> >I planted patches of St. Augustine grass in the orchard and as it grows,
> >it chokes out the Bermuda grass. I'm not sure that St. Augustine is the
> >best choice for ground cover, but it does not grow as tall as bermuda,
and
> >is much thicker and easier to mow. The roots are shallow and I find many
> >earthworms within the roots whenever I did up a patch to make room for a
> >new tree. To me it also is better looking than Bermuda weed.
>
> St. Augustine is not very winter-hardy.  I've never seen it survive
farther
> 'north' than the zone 7/8 interface.
>
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