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Hancock Seed is dedicated to delivering the best seeds possible to our customers. Hancock Seed grows and harvests many of our products, and we acquire the majority of the rest from other family farmers.
All these seeds are processed, packaged and shipped from Hancock Farm. This helps us ensure that our high standards are met. Unlike much of the competition, we refuse to sell you a seed that was not gathered during the last harvest. You will always receive fresh product from Hancock.
Every seed we grow comes with 40 years of experience behind it...you can rest assured that all of our products are cultivated in a method that assures its potential for growth.
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Introducing our premium single variety Forage Bermuda Grass Seed - Hancock’s High Rancher Bermuda Grass Seed, the ultimate solution for lush, high-yield pastures and forage production. Specially crafted to thrive in a variety of climates and soil types, this top-quality seed is designed to meet the demands of livestock grazing, and erosion control.
Product Information
- Application or Use: Pasture, Livestock Grazing, Cattle Forage, Erosion Control, Cover Crop, Ground Cover
- Germination Time: 5 - 12 days, under optimal conditions
- Growing Locations: Warm Season & Transition Zone
- Height: Pasture – 8 - 24 inches+
- Sunlight Requirements: 8+ hours, full sun for best results
- Advantages: Extreme drought and traffic tolerance with moderate tolerance to soils with poor nutrients. Cattleman's choice for high quality forage in tough growing conditions.
- When to Plant: Recommended planting time is spring and summer when nighttime temperatures are consistently 65+ degrees and 3 months prior to first frost.
- Superior Yield & Forage Quality: Our Forage Bermuda Grass Seed boasts exceptional productivity, providing abundant forage for grazing livestock. With proper management, it ensures a consistent and high-yield harvest throughout the growing season. Top quality forage and palatability.
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Great Winter Hardiness: High Rancher Bermuda grass consistently and impressively out preforms other hybrid varieties in forage trials with notable higher cold tolerance.
- Nutrient-Rich Forage: Renowned for its nutritional value, our Bermuda grass produces dense, fine-textured forage that is rich in protein, vitamins, and minerals, promoting the health and vitality of your livestock.
- Adaptability: This versatile seed is adaptable to a wide range of soil types and environmental conditions, including drought-prone areas. It establishes quickly and thrives in both full sun and partial shade, making it suitable for diverse agricultural landscapes.
- Persistence: With its vigorous growth habit and strong root system, Forage Bermuda Grass exhibits excellent persistence, resisting weed encroachment and recovering quickly from grazing or cutting, ensuring long-term productivity and sustainability.
- Erosion Control: Beyond its agricultural benefits, our Forage Bermuda Grass plays a crucial role in erosion control, forming a dense, protective pasture that stabilizes soil and prevents runoff, making it an ideal choice for conservation efforts and land rehabilitation projects.
Whether you're a livestock producer, or land steward, our High Rancher Forage Bermuda Grass Seed offers unmatched performance and reliability, providing the foundation for thriving pastures and sustainable agriculture. Invest in the success of your operation with our premium seed and unlock the full potential of your land.
Directly seed Hancock's High Rancher Bermuda into your pasture as a low cost establishment and convenience compared to other sprigged high performance hybrid vegetative bermuda varieties such as Coastal and Tifton 44. Hancock's High Rancher Bermuda excels in states from Kansas, east to Virginia, where other Bermudagrasses typically fail. High Rancher is well adapted to the transition zone of the United States.
Hancock’s High Rancher Bermuda Grass Seed is a hulled and coated product where as "comparable" varieties of this caliber are all unhulled and coated.
Coated Seed vs Raw Seed
Coated seed contains a clay-based surrounding shell composed of a germination enhancer that increases moisture retention and helps to reduce insect or fowl consumption. Coated seed contains approximately 50% coating weight, or inert weight, per pound of seed. Coated Hancock's High Rancher Bermuda is also easier to see after it is applied. Raw seed features no fillers, coatings, or treatments.
*Product packaging may appear different than what is pictured.
Instructions
When choosing to start a new lawn, remove old vegetation by using a de-thatcher, power rake or tiller to kill the existing vegetation. Rake or drag the area to remove debris and dead grass for a clean area. Ensure the soil is leveled and loosened to allow the seed to have good soil contact once spread on a clean seed bed.
If you have an area with heavy weed coverage, we recommend starting fresh by killing and removing the existing vegetation. If you choose to use chemicals, herbicides or fertilizers, you must check with the product's manufacturer prior to planting new seed to ensure the proper waiting period.
When overseeding an existing area, mow your lawn at the lowest setting and bag the clippingsx. Rake or drag any areas that have dead thatch or debris.