Spriging Machine

hadley – posted 12 April 2004 15:43

Could someone recommend a sturdy, simple and reliable SPRIGING MACHINE and supply me with the fullstyle of the manufacturers.

TheHydroSeeder – posted 08 May 2004 21:03

I assume you are talking about Bermuda sprigs or stolons…

A.) I don’t plant them. Sprigs or stolons are incredibly perishable and will die within a few hours of cutting unless planted and kept moist until they grow a new root system.

B.) They’re chunky and uneven and plug anything but large hydroseeding nozzles.

C.) There are so many incredible new seeded bermudas on the market like Riviera, Yukon, Princess 77 (and LaPaloma, my personal favorite even gthough it really isn’t commercially available yet…), that out-perform most vegetively propogated varieties that there is no need to plant sprigs or stolons. But that’s just my opinion…

Check out: The latest NTEP Bermudagrass Report

But if you really want to plant sprigs / stolons, try Turfmaker.com

By the way, I own an 800 gal Bowie and a 300 gal Finn Machine. Any real hydromulching machine with a positive displacement (Bowie) pump can shoot stolons.

Rick Hardy