What warm season perennial grasses etc. do you like best for your pastures and hay lands....and why if you want to expand a little further.
Regards, Mike
Regards, Mike
Lol, If you was to throw a mix of crabgrass in there you might get at least one.....How many tomatoes will I get thrown at me if I say Johnsongrass for hay? Lol
Maybe a few......I spend a lot of money to keep that stuff away. Horsey folks don't like it and beef producers sure aren't going to pay $6+ per square bale for it.How many tomatoes will I get thrown at me if I say Johnsongrass for hay? Lol
I can definitely see where certain situations I wouldn't like it. In my area every field has it and a lot of it and mostly people are feeding commercial beef cows with it, although the neighbor on the one side of me has horses. We do differ from our neighbors in that we cut it frequently before it heads out and we get pretty decent feed.Maybe a few......I spend a lot of money to keep that stuff away. Horsey folks don't like it and beef producers sure aren't going to pay $6+ per square bale for it.
Regards, Mike
I like eastern gamagrass and have a couple fields of it. People around here think I'm crazy but the stuff is gold and the cows love it. Got to be careful that they don't over graze it if it's pasture.I have often wondered how Eastern Gama grass would be for a summer perennial as far as square bales. I know the seed is expensive....about like Orchard grass....or so I hear.
Regards, Mike
That is definitely the key mowing about 18"-24" tall....but that will work your tail off during the heat of the summer. I am anxious to see how this Outrider herbicide I used on some places where I have have JG performs. It seems like it is doing exactly the way the label said it would perform. I will know for sure next year. I think it is supposed to get about 85% of it on the first go around. Then hopefully knock it out next year.We do differ from our neighbors in that we cut it frequently before it heads out and we get pretty decent feed.
I actually don't do any of the work. A guy down the road makes the hay and we split it 50/50. He even takes it off the field. I foot all the money for fertilizer though. I will be curious to see how the Outrider does for you as well.That is definitely the key mowing about 18"-24" tall....but that will work your tail off during the heat of the summer. I am anxious to see how this Outrider herbicide I used on some places where I have have JG performs. It seems like it is doing exactly the way the label said it would perform. I will know for sure next year. I think it is supposed to get about 85% of it on the first go around. Then hopefully knock it out next year.
Regards, Mike