HDRider
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What is the result if you cut Bermuda for hay shortly after a heavy killing frost?
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Cut Bermuda for hay after frost
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You've had a heavy killing frost?
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HDRider
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No ding dong, but I will.
I am the odd duck that tries to get 4 cuttings. It is impossible to know when that frost comes, sometime in mid October. I always tried to cut as close before frost as possible.
What if I cut after?
You put more effort into planning your hay cutting than the Biden administration does into pulling out of a war zone.
callmefence
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Cutting pretty much any grass after frost you either want to cut immediately before the grass wilts or let it die and get dry. Just like dropped hay. You'll lose some quality but it's done all the time.
Cut Johnson grass last year after frost.
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HDRider
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Wow. That makes planning that last cut easy. Frost. Dry. Cut
MurraysMutts
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Did the Johnson grass feed ok?
I've heard there can be a problem with Prussic acid. Especially if it hasn't cured correctly..
As far as Bermuda idk!
I've heard there can be a problem with Prussic acid. Especially if it hasn't cured correctly..
As far as Bermuda idk!
callmefence
Keyboard cowboy
Yes made decent hay.
Purrsic acid is more predictable than frost. It is no concern in dry hay.
As far as Bermuda. The largest documented case off cattle killed by purrsic acid I'm aware of came from a pure field of Tifton 85 Bermuda...it can happen in any grass.
MurraysMutts
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Man that would suck!
I think I'd try n get it laid down if I saw a frost coming. We have laid down a bunch b4 the frost hits and never had a problem.
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HDRider
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Was that because they put so much nitrogen to it?
callmefence
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Purrsic acid isn't caused by nitrogen fertilizer. That's nitrate poisoning . Two different things...
Experts: Texas cattle deaths due to prussic acid are ‘isolated incident’ - Texas A&M Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory
Texas AgriLife Extension Service experts said Tuesday the deaths of 15 cattle in Bastrop County recently were likely an isolated event and that no further problems are anticipated. “There’s a lot of information and misinformation that continues to circulate about this recent isolated case of...
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HDRider
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That link said they ate fresh TiftonPurrsic acid isn't caused by nitrogen fertilizer. That's nitrate poisoning . Two different things...
Experts: Texas cattle deaths due to prussic acid are ‘isolated incident’ - Texas A&M Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory
Texas AgriLife Extension Service experts said Tuesday the deaths of 15 cattle in Bastrop County recently were likely an isolated event and that no further problems are anticipated. “There’s a lot of information and misinformation that continues to circulate about this recent isolated case of...tvmdl.tamu.edu
callmefence
Keyboard cowboy
Yes .......
callmefence
Keyboard cowboy
Yes... purrsic acid poisoning is not a concern in dry hay.
Nitrate poisoning can be.
Study it like it's a political conspiracy and you'll be a expert in no time..lol
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HDRider
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You are a real piece of work
callmefence
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I state what I Know.
If you cant understand the difference there's nothing I can do to help you .
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HDRider
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The problem is; you don't know what you don't know.I state what I Know.
If you cant understand the difference there's nothing I can do to help you .
callmefence
Keyboard cowboy
So where am I wrong... please tell everyone.
I can't give an answer to that question, but I'll offer something to consider. Could cutting that late slow down the regrowth in the spring? I don't know the answer to that, but it's what popped in y head when I read your post.
