How-to Guides & Timelines
Establishing native plants from seed is a process. While it can look intimidating from the outside, when you have a plan, it is really a series of manageable steps. Check out the resources below to start conquering your project.
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Start with a plan.
- Establishment Plans Overview
- Timeline: Traditional Establishment Plan for Diversity
- Timeline: Panoramic Establishment Plan for Diversity
- Timeline: Savanna Establishment Plan for Diversity
- Timeline: Atrazine Establishment Plan for Diversity
- Timeline: Panoramic Establishment Plan for Warm Season Grasses Only
- Timeline: Atrazine Establishment Plan for Warm Season Grasses Only
- Timeline: Adding Diversity to an Existing Warm Season Grass Planting
- Timeline: Non-Herbicide Establishment Plan
- Timeline: Crop Field Establishment Plan
- Timeline: New Dirt Work Establishment Plan
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Plant the Seed.
- Seedbed Preparation Overview
- Seedbed Preparation by Dragging Guide
- Seedbed Preparation by Disking Guide — coming soon
- Seedbed Preparation with Livestock Guide
- Seedbed Preparation for Small Areas
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Maintain and enjoy!
- First-Year Weed Control Overview
- First-Year Weed Control with Mowing — coming soon
- First-Year Weed Control with Grazing — coming soon
- First-Year Weed Control with Selective Herbicides — coming soon
- Maintenance: Controlled Burns — coming soon
- Maintenance: Winter Mowing — coming soon
- Maintenance: Controlling Invasive Plant Species — coming soon
- Invasive Control 1: Native Warm Season Grasses — coming soon
- Invasive Control 2: Mixed Grasslands — coming soon
- Invasive Control 3: Diversity Grassland — coming soon
- Invasive Control: Tips for Using Control Tools — coming soon
- Grazing Overview — coming soon
- Grazing: Warm Season Grasses Only — coming soon
- Grazing: Diverse Native Grasslands