SEEDLAND®   
"Growing a Beautiful tomorrow!
®"
Search our store for products:
Welcome To Bahiagrass.com - Professional Lawn Seeds from Seedland!

Bahiagrass: Tifton 9 Bahia

GardenPatio.com
Seedland.com

NOTE: You have reached an information page. 
 To view product prices visit our store at Seedland.com

Hello nature lover.....!
ORDER
ONLINE  |  PHONE ORDERS: PHONE

Phone Business hours - Mon-Fri. 9-5 EST ONLY - Contact via Email
Hello nature lover.....!

TIFTON 9 BAHIA GRASS
Scientific Name: Paspalum Notatum (Warm Season Grass)
Variety: Tifton 9 Pensacola - Sold legally only as certified seed.

Bahia's Good Aspects: A improved selection of Pensacola Bahiagrass. Developed by Dr. Glenn Burton of the USDA, as a improved Pasture grass offering more forage yields, higher protein value, and a longer growing season. It is a finer leaf Bahia, great for pastures and erosion control areas. Has a nice narrow (med-fine) green leaf. With a narrower blade than the Argentine Bahia variety. Requires minimum maintenance attention. Very well developed root systems make it great for soil erosion requirements and for drought tolerance.

Pensacola Seed
Bahia - thousands of seeds per pound.!

BUY CERTIFIED
TIFTON 9
BAHIA SEED
DIRECT FROM SEEDLAND

Click above to View Prices

Tifton 9 Bahia - FOR LAWNS

For Lawn use -Tifton 9 is a finer bladed, faster growing and establishes quicker in the seedling stage. It has a more even texture than Argentine or Pensacola for lawns.

Also used extensively in pastures throughout the Southeast. Stands colder soil temps, thus can be planted further north in Southern States. Available from both seed and sod sources commercially. But usually planted using seeds. Note that "officially" Tifton 9 can only be sold and purchased as a certified seed, thus ensuring variety purity.  Seedland.com only sells certified Tifton 9.

Bad Aspects: Creates a coarse, open lawn. Aggressive growth of seed stalks during summer growth requires frequent mowing. Susceptible to mole crickets especially on highly fertilized lawns. Requires iron to prevent chlorosis. Not for use where soil temps have extended freezing temps. Seed generally more expensive than Pensacola Bahiagrass

TIFTON 9 SPECS:

Fertilizer Requirements: About average - .5 to 1 LB N per 1000 sq. ft./per month, or 1-2 times year.
Water (Drought) Requirements:
Very good. Performs best with plentiful rain or irrigation. Will turn brown under drought stress, but recovers fast. Not usually killed by drought.
Traffic Wearability:
Also Excellent
Mowing Requirements:
Weekly 2-3 inches. Does not support low mowing. Is a lush full grass. Mowing can be required every 5 days during peak summer growth (July).
Shade Tolerance:
Good shade tolerance. Needs some sun during the day.
Disease & Insect Problems:
Brown patch - Army worms, mole crickets. Generally less susceptible than Argentine.
Soil type Requirements:
Best in acid soils. Grows generally anywhere.
Establishment Methods:
Seeds, Sod, Sprigging- Fast establishment from seeds possible during summer plantings. Preferred method is seeds.

Bahiagrass - Variety Pensacola Tifton 9 Bahia grass was developed in Tifton, Georgia and is one of the newer varieties of the bahias. The quality best that is demonstrated variety is the possibility to produce up to 40% more forage than the others under the right conditions with rain and fertilization.

Drought tolerant, and will grow further north than the Pensacola makes this a very desirable pasturage grass. With low fertility requirements, and the ability to be grown on sandy to clay soils of low fertility it helps to extend the range of the bahias. This grass has a better palatability with a finer texture than the Argentine or Pensacola varieties. The area of adaptation is across the inner coastal south as far Miami, Florida and North across the lower transition zone.

Tifton 9 Bahia - Pastures
Tifton 9: For pastures it is the highest in protein of the three primary Bahia varieties sold with longer blades and faster growth from seedlings.   This characteristic helps in weed competition. The best possible planting of Tifton will be on ground not previously planted by another variety of Bahia.  This keeps the Tifton from crossbreeding with inferior Bahias.

Planting two seasonal crops back to back with legumes, millets, ryegrasses, etc. will help to keep old stands from growing back and prepare your site for seeding with the improved Tifton 9.    Soil testing will tell you how much lime and fertilizer will be needed. If you have used legumes then the fertility of the soil will already be improved.  Best to plant on a weed free and prepared seed bed.

Tifton 9 is a longer bladed grass than other Bahia's.  This hardy grower can produce 25-40% more in forage than other Bahia's under the best of conditions.

Tifton 9 is sold in 40 LB Bags only.
BUY CERTIFIED TIFTON 9 BAHIAGRASS SEED DIRECT
FROM SEEDLAND.com

Tifton 9 Pasture seeding rate: 10-25 lb./A
Seeding Lawns 4-8 /1000SQ 175-350 lb./A

 Bahiagrass.com    Growing a beautiful tomorrow!®
Search our store for products:

Google
 

Seedland seeds --- Growing a beautiful tomorrow!

Seedland.com

© 1999 Seedland®, Inc. - All rights reserved.

Visa MasterCard: The Future of Money (TM)  AMEX

USA Sales | Worldwide Sales | About us | Contact Seedland | Questions?
Guarantees | Seed tests | Quality Issues | Advertising | Exports | Commercial
Wholesale | Payment FAQ's | Privacy & Security | Accounting Questions

Lawns: Choices | States | Diseases | Fertilizers | Irrigation | Mowing | Pests | Weeds
HAVE LAWN QUESTIONS YOU NEED ANSWERED?
VISIT Turfhelp.com

 


CLICK  TO VIEW PRICES FOR
TIFTON 9
 

BAHIAGRASS
INFORMATION

   Main Page
 Varieties
 Adaptation
 Usage
 Pastures
 Preparation
 Seeding
 Maintenance
 Contact Us
 

CLICK TO VIEW
VARIETY INFO

 Argentine
 Pensacola
 Tifton 9

Purchase Seed
& View Prices

   Bahia Seed
 Argentine
 Pensacola
 Tifton 9

 
Helpful INFO


Lawns

Gardens

Speciality

Lawn Help

Pasture

We love nature!

 

WE SHIP
UPS

We ship UPS!

 

 

 

 

 

 
 

 

 

SHOP ONLINE
Wildlife Seeds

EARTHWAY
FERTILIZER
SPREADERS


Shop for
WILDFLOWERS

LAWN & TURF
 FERTILIZERS
FOR NEW
& EXISTING
LAWNS!

FarmSeeds.com
Pasture &
Forage seed

ORDER YOUR
LAWN SEEDS
ONLINE
GRASS SEEDS

ORDER ONLINE
100's of Grass Seed Varieties & Lawn Supplies available at the
Seedland Store