Posted by JD Seller on January 14, 2014 at 21:32:14 from (208.126.196.144):
In Reply to: Oats for hay posted by MAX-KY on January 14, 2014 at 21:08:53:
Well oats for dry hay is hard to get just right. The harvest window is real small. Too early and the heads will be too wet to dry. Too late and you will knock the grain out of the head.
Rate per acre would be about 60 lbs or two bushels if oats only. Usually sow 1-1 1/2 bushels as a nurse crop for alfalfa.
Seeding time?? As early as you can work the ground. Early to mid march around here. You should be able to get going around the first of March down your way.
They usually do not no-till very well as the ground is slower to heat up when not worked.
Fertilizer would depend on the last crop. Following corn we just apply 100 lbs of 0-0-60 at planting. There should be enough nitrogen carried over from the corn.
I would mow them with a mower conditioner or disk mower. They need conditioned
Drying time can be as long as a week to maybe 4 day at the least. If they are thick and heavy they take awhile to dry down.
Oats will usually cut for dry hay mid to late Jun. by July they usually are too mature.
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