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have been harvested from the previous year's crop. When a low percentage of <br />grass seed or native seed germination causes the quality of the seed to fall <br />below the minimum pure live seed percentage as to specified below, the <br />Contractor may elect, subject to the approval of the Engineer, to increase the <br />rate of application sufficiently to obtain the minimum germination rate <br />specified. No payment will be made for the added seed. <br />B. Delivery and Storage: Each of the species or varieties of seed shall be furnished <br />and delivered in separate labeled bags. During handling and storage, the seed <br />shall be cared for in such a manner that it will be protected from damage by <br />heat, moisture, rodents, and other causes. All permanent and temporary grass <br />seed shall have been tested within a period of six months of the date of <br />planting. <br />C. Purity and Germination: All permanent and temporary grass seed shall have a <br />minimum percent of purity and germination as follows: <br />�• Argentine Bahia Grass Seed shall have a minimum pure seed content of <br />95 percent, with a minimum germination of 80 percent. <br />2. Pensacola Bahia Grass Seed shall have a minimum pure seed content of <br />95 percent, with a minimum active germination of 40 percent and a <br />total germination of 80 percent, including firm seed. <br />3. Bermuda Grass Seed shall be of common variety with a minimum <br />germination of 85 percent. <br />4. Annual Type Rye Grass Seed shall have a minimum pure seed content of <br />95 percent, with a minimum germination of 90 percent. <br />2.03 MULCH <br />The mulch material used shall normally be dry mulch. Dry mulch shall be straw or hay, <br />consisting of oat, rye, of wheat straw, or of pangola, peanut, coastal Bermuda, or Bahia <br />grass hay. Only deteriorated mulch which can readily be cut into the soil shall be used. <br />2.04 GRASSING EQUIPMENT <br />A. Seed Spreader: The seed spreader shall be an approved mechanical hand <br />spreader or other approved type of spreader. <br />B. Equipment for Cutting Mulch into Soil: The mulching equipment shall be of a <br />type capable of cutting the specified materials uniformly into the soil, and to the <br />required depth. Harrows will not be allowed. <br />C. Rollers: A cultipacker, traffic roller, or other suitable equipment will be required <br />for rolling the grassed areas. <br />02485 Grassing.doc <br />02485-2 <br />