Alfalfa

[LLBUX]

The alfalfa in my hay and pasture land is getting thin and I would like to reseed to improve the forage quality.
I understand there is a certain toxicity that will prevent new alfalfa from growing.
Any suggestions to improve chances of success in overseeding the areas with new alfalfa?

I have access to a no till drill and do not want to kill or destroy the current vegetation.

Thank you-

 

[dun]

The only way I know is to kill the existing and reseed

 

[dun]

Since you can;t increase a stand of alfalfa, have you thought about planting lespedeza or clover to thicken things up?

 

[LLBUX]

I was hoping some new variety had come out that could be planted in existing stand.

Thanks!

 

[ChrisB]

I read once that the toxicity had been pretty much been bred out over the years. But I don't know how accurate that was, and with the price of alfalfa seed I wouldn't want to experiment on too big of field.

With a no-till drill you should have quite a few options to increase yield.