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reseeding a hayfield

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ric1

12-28-2006 16:58:17




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hi i would like some info on reseeding a hayfield i will be doing it in the spring.should i plow and disk or use a notill planter. i would like to do about 5 acers a year . kinda new at farming so i aint sure exactly what to do as in step by step procedure thanks RICK




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Allan in NE

12-29-2006 06:10:51




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 Re: reseeding a hayfield in reply to ric1, 12-28-2006 16:58:17  
Rick,

If it is an alfalfa field, smack 'er with a good disc early next spring as soon as it greens up and then walk away from it.

You'd be surprised how splitting the crowns will rejuvenate an old alfalfa hay field and it is a very common practice.

I know guys who have had alfalfa in the same field for 40 years.

Allan



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Paul from MI

12-28-2006 20:54:06




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 Re: reseeding a hayfield in reply to ric1, 12-28-2006 16:58:17  
If the existing field is all grass you should be able to use roundup to kill it, the replant any way you like(notill or conventional). Plants must be actively growing for the roundup to work, so you will have to wait until then.
If it is now in alfalfa, autotoxicity will prevent a new seeding from growing. You will need to plant another crop for a year to avoid the problem. I have had good luck with late summer(Aug.-early Sept.)seeding here in southern Michigan.
Paul

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Bill(Wis)

12-28-2006 17:45:27




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 Re: reseeding a hayfield in reply to ric1, 12-28-2006 16:58:17  
First of all, what kind of a hayfield is it? If it's just grass and weeds you can use roundup to clean it up. (In the spring after it warms up and things start to grow) And then just no-til in what you want. If it's alfalfa there now, you probably can't get away with that. The alfalfa plant there now has dropped toxins in the soil that will prohibit the growth of any new alfalfa seed for a year or so. Around here, there are a quite a few pastured cattle. To periodically clean up the pasture, they will plant corn for one year to "break the cycle". And then no-til in the kind of pasture crop they want the following year. Only five acres. If you're serious, you should have a soil test done. Add any amendments, get some advice, and press on.

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ric1

12-29-2006 01:45:46




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 Re: reseeding a hayfield in reply to Bill(Wis), 12-28-2006 17:45:27  
thanks for your help



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