Centipede, coated vs. uncoated. Centi-seed, Pennnington, TifBlair

billbird13579 – posted 28 June 2005 21:11

I am planting 5 acres with Centipede seed and want to make sure I’m planting the best Centipede seed possible. Is there a true advantage to coated (Penkoted from Pennington or Centiseed from Patten Seed company) or not. I understand that the coating is ~50% of the bag weight, so you get 1/2 the seeds per X lbs of bag. So 200 lbs of coated (only 100 lbs of seed) vs. 200 lbs of uncoated (twice as many seeds) could be the same growth characteristic. Also, Pennington buys 30,000 lbs of raw centipede see from Patten-seed co. per year. Is there coated seed the same seed and coating as Centi-seed from Patten?

2nd question: What brand/supplier has the best Centipede seed? I know of Centi-seed, Pennington, and TifBlair and people have good things to say about TifBlair. But it is hard to know the actual facts of which performs best from reading the webpages or talking with company reps.

Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated,BillChapel Hill, NC

Friend – posted 29 June 2005 08:37

Try looking at this web site.

www.new-grass.org