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The big questions: Best site prep?Conduct treatments over more than 1• Control of the seedbank ofunwanted plants is veryimportant• Fire, herbicides, and soildisturbance all have theirplace, in combination• Deep tillage, followed byrepeated, shallow cultivationover long, wet intervals is themost successful control ofexotics• Repeated, low rateapplications of glyphosate arealso effective, especially if notilldrilling is a planting optiongrowing season.
Recommendations:1. Use multiple seedbed preparation treatments tocreate an ideal seedbed and control the seed banksof undesirable plants be<strong>for</strong>e planting2. Plant in late August-September to maximize thechance of adequate precipitation <strong>for</strong> establishment3. Maximize diversity in your seed mix-but includelarge percentages of early successional species4. There are many confounding factors-get as many asyou can right and the chances of success are good!
Page 1 and 2: Native Seeding Techniquesfor South
Page 3 and 4: Critical concerns for seeding proje
Page 5 and 6: Land use history: How successful ar
Page 7 and 8: Degraded native rangelands• Succe
Page 9 and 10: Site preparation methods• Double
Page 11 and 12: Seed mixture recommendations• Ear
Page 13 and 14: Planting methods• Most plantings
Page 15 and 16: Sowing date• Success by month of
Page 17 and 18: Example 1: Duval County• Degraded
Page 19 and 20: Duval County planting 2008-2011:% c
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Page 23 and 24: Example 3: Maverick County• Buffe
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Page 28: Example 4: Kleberg CountyAugust 200
Page 31 and 32: % changeThe big questions: Exotics
Page 33: The big questions: What to plant?Pl

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