ClinchValley
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I see some folks around here have just taken a 2nd cut on mixed grass/legume fields. Earliest 1st cut i saw was about May 20th roughly. Which would be about a 45 day growth period.
My papaw would wait until august, at the earliest, to take 2nd cut. I see many around here do the same. So far, this is how i have done. But am wondering if there is a better practice.
We cut on June 4th, had all in the barn by the 10th.
Is there a benefit to cutting every 45 days or so? Higher quality hay i'm sure. Just trying to get the logic behind it. I am gonna take a guess and say it will allow warm season grasses to get better production, seeing as how the cools are about to slow down.
These fields are mostly fescue, OG, timothy and red clover. Warm season stuff like Johnson Grass, Dallisgrass, crabgrass, and red top. Nothing special.
My papaw would wait until august, at the earliest, to take 2nd cut. I see many around here do the same. So far, this is how i have done. But am wondering if there is a better practice.
We cut on June 4th, had all in the barn by the 10th.
Is there a benefit to cutting every 45 days or so? Higher quality hay i'm sure. Just trying to get the logic behind it. I am gonna take a guess and say it will allow warm season grasses to get better production, seeing as how the cools are about to slow down.
These fields are mostly fescue, OG, timothy and red clover. Warm season stuff like Johnson Grass, Dallisgrass, crabgrass, and red top. Nothing special.