An alternative method is to take rootstocks from an established stand, chop them, spread them with a manure spreader, and disk them into the soil. Be sure to disk across the channel. Pheasants and ducks will sometimes nest in reed canarygrass. Kentucky bluegrass grows best on fertile soils in central and northern Illinois, where it has been used extensively in waterways. It is not as deep rooted as the other grasses already mentioned and therefore is not as desirable.
Present practices omit bluegrass from the seeding mixture.
On fertile soils it will naturally invade stands of other grasses, especially if they are closely mowed or thinned. Kentucky bluegrass is attractive to wildlife. Seed mixtures of the grasses mentioned above are listed in Table 6. If the seeding is done in the fall, add 20 pounds per acre of wheat or rye. Late summer is usually preferable in southern and central Illinois, whereas spring seeding is more desirable in the northern part of the state.