Does anyone have experience after corn silage is off planting winter rye, then cutting it for dry bales in the late spring early summer then planting an alfalfa/orchard grass mixer after for a new seeding?
Franke":3gg27bm5 said:It was a thought my dad had and we know very little about it. We have just not had the greatest luck of keeping the dandelions out when we do oats with the alfalfa orchard grass mix planted in the spring the last couple of years.
2-3 lbs an acre seeded, and cut after it starts heading out. I had someone else who thought the dandelion seed would be in with the grass seed.Stocker Steve":40fjcm4h said:Franke":40fjcm4h said:It was a thought my dad had and we know very little about it. We have just not had the greatest luck of keeping the dandelions out when we do oats with the alfalfa orchard grass mix planted in the spring the last couple of years.
Lots and lots of reasons for weeds in a new seeding, and dandelions are usually a sign of a hay stand that is too thin.
Lots and lots of reasons for a hay stand that is too thin, and the "nurse" crop can be the cause.
How heavy do you seed the oats, and when do you cut it?