Menu
Forums
New posts
Search forums
What's new
New posts
New media
New media comments
New profile posts
Latest activity
Media
New media
New comments
Search media
Members
Current visitors
New profile posts
Search profile posts
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles and first posts only
Search titles only
By:
New posts
Search forums
Menu
Log in
Register
Forums
Cattle Boards
Feedyard Board
Durana Clover and Bermuda Grass
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Help Support CattleToday:
Message
<blockquote data-quote="MrBilly" data-source="post: 85086" data-attributes="member: 87"><p>Chuckie,</p><p></p><p>It is a spring fed creek that takes the overflow from two ponds. They run mildly all year. When we have heavy rains there is some gravel washed away. I don't think this would work well in a fast running stream. Actuallly we did not redirect the creeks. One of them filled with silt and redirected itself by spliting into two. We just had a guy come in with a large derek (spelling?) and make it back into one creek. </p><p></p><p>No the grass will never run the clover out. I aksed Carl Hoveland last year whether I should drill some fescue back into it, he said no it wont' work. He also told me that I had followed his directions so well about keeping up the K and P that I probably contributed to its very aggressiveness. I fertilized after the first year to add some P and K. He said don't do that for a while until the grass comes back. I'm happy not to at the cost of these commodities . </p><p></p><p>As far as the height goes, I have two feelings. Two years before we put in the Durana, we had planted Regal and Oseola white clover, both on Hoveland's recommendation - prior to the release of Durana. It certainly was taller. When I had Dr. Andrae visit with us after the first year of the Durana, we had clover 11 inches tall. I asked if that was Durana or the Regal? He said it thought it was the Durana. Got me it it was? A friend of mine put Durana in a patch out behind his house last fall - as a food plot, and he says the stuff is almost knee high this spring. So, I guess it can grow tall enought to bale, but under aggressive grazing all you see is a very tight and low to the ground clover, thus it is so short the cows can't eat it and that is probably why it is so persistant also?</p><p></p><p>Thanks for the invitation, but I think I have my hands full here. We take one day off per year and leave town, and I already did that this year.</p><p></p><p>Billy</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MrBilly, post: 85086, member: 87"] Chuckie, It is a spring fed creek that takes the overflow from two ponds. They run mildly all year. When we have heavy rains there is some gravel washed away. I don't think this would work well in a fast running stream. Actuallly we did not redirect the creeks. One of them filled with silt and redirected itself by spliting into two. We just had a guy come in with a large derek (spelling?) and make it back into one creek. No the grass will never run the clover out. I aksed Carl Hoveland last year whether I should drill some fescue back into it, he said no it wont' work. He also told me that I had followed his directions so well about keeping up the K and P that I probably contributed to its very aggressiveness. I fertilized after the first year to add some P and K. He said don't do that for a while until the grass comes back. I'm happy not to at the cost of these commodities . As far as the height goes, I have two feelings. Two years before we put in the Durana, we had planted Regal and Oseola white clover, both on Hoveland's recommendation - prior to the release of Durana. It certainly was taller. When I had Dr. Andrae visit with us after the first year of the Durana, we had clover 11 inches tall. I asked if that was Durana or the Regal? He said it thought it was the Durana. Got me it it was? A friend of mine put Durana in a patch out behind his house last fall - as a food plot, and he says the stuff is almost knee high this spring. So, I guess it can grow tall enought to bale, but under aggressive grazing all you see is a very tight and low to the ground clover, thus it is so short the cows can't eat it and that is probably why it is so persistant also? Thanks for the invitation, but I think I have my hands full here. We take one day off per year and leave town, and I already did that this year. Billy [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Forums
Cattle Boards
Feedyard Board
Durana Clover and Bermuda Grass
Top