My guess is there is something toxic to the alfalfa in the soil. Was alfalfa in there the year before it went to beans? I've been told you need to wait three years following old established alfalfa to re-seed alfalfa because of the autotoxicity problem. In your case the alfalfa you seeded last year didn't get old enough to cause you a problem with a new seeding this year. If you had rain the alfalfa should have come up. When dad was farming he would work the alfalfa in with a harrow and it did grow, but I can't testify to what the actual stand was compared to rolling. I roll in all small seeded plants like Alfalfa, brome, bluegrass, etc. I make sure the seedbed is worked soft and level first, then I use an ancient old culti-packer type roller to roll it in, sometimes rolling it twice using an old light weight tractor that doesn't sink in and make tracks. Jim
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