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SIM Page 4 2$ May 2013 Binks Solar Array DENR Project No 13 -0417 Seed Mixes for Re- vegetating Disturbed Sites Basic Mix Oats (Mar -Jun), Wheat (Jul -Nov), or Rye Grain (Dec -Feb) 1 -2 bags / acre $ 5 -10 bag Red Clover Trifokum pratense 10 lbs / acre S 3 / lb Creeping Red Fescue Festuca rabra 20 lbs 1 acre $ 2 -3 / Ib The Banc Mix can be sown on disturbed sites in the mountains and upper piedmont _year round but spring or fall seeding will result in a better stand. It is important to use all of the components of the Basic Mix. The cover crop grain and legume provide rapid green -up while the creeping red fescue is developing These components can be obtained locally Grains like oats, wheat, and rye may be sold by weight (pounds) or by volume (bushels), To snnphfy things, this mix recommends 1 -2 BAGS of grain rather than pounds or bushels With this mix, 1 bag or about 50 — 60 lbs per acre should be adequate for most sites, but where slope or soil conditions warrant, increase grain amounts to 100 — 120 lbs (use 2 bags) Tne perennial grass will establish within the first year and is the key to good site stabilization Creeping red fescue has a wide range of adaptation when used for erosion control along roads and highways; cuts, fills, and other disturbed areas, and for stream and charnel bank stabilization It thrives in sun or shade, and is relatively drought - resistant after establishment. For permanent seeding of harsh dry sites, Hard Fescue Festuca 10 ibs /acre breviprla (svn trachvphylla) or Sheep Fescue Festuca ovina can be added to the Basic Mix I Application Motes • Distufned sites with loose soils can usually be sown without extensive seedbed preparation if seeded as soon as the other work is completed • Where necessary, prepare seedbed with conventional farm equipment (tractor and disk), or the soil surface can be bladed and then tracked with a bulldozer Hydro - seeding can be used with the Basic Mix for slopes where equipment access is difficult, • Red fescue is adapted to sandy and acid soils so extensive soil amendments are usually not needed On poor and subsoil sites, a low nitrogen fertilizer such as 5 -10 -10 may be required • If required, apply any necessary soil amendments, then drill or broadcast the seed mix . • The Iarger cover crop grains can be sown separately first and covered lightly to prevent loss of seed from wildlife such as turkeys and doves. • The rest of the seed mix should then be sown, but not coverers with soil It is better to firm the small seed into the soil than to try to cover it. • Culti -pack conventional seedbeds to ensure good seed -to -soil contact Tracked sites will fill in on their own from rainfall • Apply straw mulch at a minimum of 15 bales per acre to help enhance soil moisture as well as hold the soil in place until the seed germinates Use higner rates as site conditions warrant,