Posted by Paul on October 25, 2013 at 04:31:54 from (70.197.192.200):
In Reply to: Planting Hay on Hay posted by picassomcp on October 24, 2013 at 19:33:09:
Alfalfa you must rotate to something else, adult plants put a toxic substance in the ground to its own seedlings that typically lasts 3 months of good growing weather.
Grass and clover, often best to rehabilitate what you have than to start over.
If you start over, it is far far better to rotate to something else, to kill off the per annual weeds, work in fertilizer and lime if needed, and break the weed and insect cycle.
I would not work up grass/clover mix and immediately replant the same, wastes a year of production to get what you already have.
Fertilize proper, including lime if needed, mow at proper times, and will have a like new field. Much quicker and less risk of failure than plowing up and starting from scratch.
Can spray to kill broadd leaves, add clover seed and preferred grass, and rough up the current stand of grass with a light disking, will bring back a good stand if you time it all right. If you need to kill weeds and want new grasses/ clover/ birds foot trefoil/ new alfalfa added to what is there.
Any time you try to seed any of these crops, there is a long time to get them established, and lots of risk to washouts, weeds, and drought failure.
Totally reworking what you have to establish what you have is wasted effort tho.
Fertility and timing for your climate are key no matter which way you go.
Mowing to kill weeds before they go to seed, allowing the old or new grasses to establish and crowd the weeds, is vital.
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