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<blockquote data-quote="Otha" data-source="post: 1811952" data-attributes="member: 41397"><p>I've never sprigged an acre myself but when I worked for my neighbor he did about 300 acres under pivots.</p><p>In the fall he got it plowed good and smooth and planted wheat and turned the cows in after it got about 6 inches tall. In February he had it sprigged right into the stand of wheat and never took the cows out. The wheat held the soil from washing or blowing and he said the heavy stocking of cows kept the weeds from out competing the new grass. He did run the pivots some and fertilized a couple times. By the end of the growing season he had a near solid stand on 90% of the acers and had gained a lot of grazing from it. One of the fields he even pulled the cows in late summer and cut some hay because that stand was so good. The following year every field make equivalent hay to fields that had been sprigged for years. </p><p>This is in sandy soil and he is a high input producer so plenty of fertilizer was put out. </p><p>This may not apply to many and it's not how I would have done it but it worked very well as far as cash flow and production goes. He certainly didn't loose a field for a year like some people say is necessary to sprig coastal Bermuda.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Otha, post: 1811952, member: 41397"] I've never sprigged an acre myself but when I worked for my neighbor he did about 300 acres under pivots. In the fall he got it plowed good and smooth and planted wheat and turned the cows in after it got about 6 inches tall. In February he had it sprigged right into the stand of wheat and never took the cows out. The wheat held the soil from washing or blowing and he said the heavy stocking of cows kept the weeds from out competing the new grass. He did run the pivots some and fertilized a couple times. By the end of the growing season he had a near solid stand on 90% of the acers and had gained a lot of grazing from it. One of the fields he even pulled the cows in late summer and cut some hay because that stand was so good. The following year every field make equivalent hay to fields that had been sprigged for years. This is in sandy soil and he is a high input producer so plenty of fertilizer was put out. This may not apply to many and it's not how I would have done it but it worked very well as far as cash flow and production goes. He certainly didn't loose a field for a year like some people say is necessary to sprig coastal Bermuda. [/QUOTE]
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