Ground cover recommendations?

[JHannah92]

I just bought a new construction house that has good sod around it, but there's about a 20x80 foot strip on one side that's just bare red clay dirt. I'd like to get grass growing there in the spring but what can I plant now that'll grow in this heat? I don't care what it is just don't want a mud pit on that side when the winter rains get here.

 

[livinoutdoors]

Browntop millet will be your cheapest best bet. Sorgum x sudangrass is another. Both will die in winter though.

 

[NCHillbilly]

Bahia. You can kill it out and plant something else when it cools down.

 

[JHannah92]

Thanks.

 

[Gut_Pile]

Would be a cool little area to get growing in some native forbs and grasses.

Just a thought

 

[antharper]

Wait a little longer and sow it in turnips, solve your problem and get some good groceries . And cheap