Turk1121

Living in Northern Michigan, I wasn't really exposed to CRP Grass untill I went on a western hunting trip a few years back. I was really impressed with how well that tall grass(6-8') held deer. I'm hoping that some of those grasses will grow hear as well. Can anyone tell methe specific name of the grass/grasses?

Thanks!!
Keith

BJR224

CRP stands for Conservation Reserve Program. I think its a mixture of mostly switchgrass, here's a link that might help. Just cut and paste it.

http://www.newfarm.org/news/2005/0805/082305/swtichgrass.shtml

BJR224

Nevermind you can click on the link, it wasn't working before as a link but now it is.

Turk1121

Thanks! I've always know what CRP stood for. I just couldn't figure out what grass mixtures they were, if anything specific.

SWKSrookie

Check out www.sharpbro.com. They are a native grass company here in Kansas. They furnish a lot of the grasses that the farmers here use for CRP. Hope it helps.

lowtempguru

Keith,
You might try your local pheasants forever chapter, I live in Ohio and when I planted my 20 acres of tall warm season grasses ( Indian grass, Big blue stem, and Switch grass) my local chapter provided the seeds.

Turk1121

I wish I could. We don'thave pheasant here, so i'm guessingnot a pheasants forever chapter either. The're more in mid to southern michigan.

Thanks for all the help!

Keith

Howler

If there are quail in your area you may be able to enroll in the quail initiative program that allows land owners to plant short native grasses along creeks, fence rows, tree rows, etc. from 30' strips up to 100'. It is a program much like CRP, but it was just startedthis year, I beleive. I enrolled my land in KS. in it! The grasses they allow to be planted are the shorter variaties that quial thrive in! It is a cost share program to get it establsihed, and pays a small amount per acreto the landowner each year, again much likeCRP.

Manybeards

Switchgrass is the most expensive and difficult to maintain,but man does it hold the deer! It's generally tall and dense,and when located near a food/water source..... WOW!