Posted by KEH on September 09, 2007 at 15:53:22 from (209.213.31.99):
Using Bush Hog to clip pasture. Trying to control dog fennel and persimmon sprouts while grass is short. Weather is so dry some of the dog fennel is dieing. I'm having to sell off part of my small herd and may wind up selling all which I hate to do because of giving up the breeding program.
We got 3/4 inch of rain about 2 weeks ago. Can tell which varieties of grass respond best to rain.
Fescue is in bad shape and I may lose some of it. It needs more rain for it to bounce back. Bahia grass which has volunteered responded quickly to the rain. Common Bermuda grass responded fairly well. No Johnson grass in pasture, but in hay fields it has withstood the drought fairly well and the little rain helped it stretch up a little. There is a couple of native grasses that I don't know the name of that come back good when it rains. I really don.t like Bahia grass for hay. It will yield less than half that of Coastal Bermuda in this area(Western SC). It is also tough to cut. The mower needs to have sharp knives and you need to slow the tractor by dropping back one gear. It will choke out Coastal Bermuda. On the plus side, it will choke out common bermuda and broomstraw. It will not compete with Johnson Grass. Don't know how it will stack up against Kudzu, LOL. It does make good warm weather grazing, the cows love it.
Sericea which is growing outside the pasture looks healthy. Its strong point is that it is drought resistant. I don't have a sericea hay field now but wish I did. Yes, I know it is considered a weed in Kansas but it makes very good hay if managed properly. If someone is interested I'll describe proper management for hay. It also can be managed for grazing, but constant grazing kills it.
I'm going to try some rye grass for hay this fall if I can get to it.
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