Effect of Height of Cut on Yield of Pensacola Bahiagrass1

A clipping study on Pensacola bahiagrass (Paspalumnotatum var. ‘saurae Parodi’) over a 2‐year period, 1965 and 1966, showed that approximately 40% of the forage produced was within 2.54 cm of the soil surface. An additional 16 to 18% of the forage was produced between 2.54 and 5.08 cm from the surface. Only 9 to 16% of the forage was produced above 12.7 cm. N application tended to increase slightly the amount of forage produced above 12.7 cm and decrease the percent produced below 5.08 cm. Conventional clipping at a height at 6.25 cm recovered 22 to 44% of the forage on the area and appears to be an unsatisfactory method for evaluating bahiagrass forage production. Clipping removed a lower percent of the forage present at the June and October harvests than at the July, August, or September clippings.