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Endophyte Free or More Clovers and Lespeza?
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<blockquote data-quote="rmcva" data-source="post: 314212" data-attributes="member: 5473"><p>I live in Va. as well. Have 130 acres of fescue. Had fescue since the 50's. Know all about problems with fescue and know some ways to avoid problems and use fescue too.</p><p></p><p> Are you using manure/chicken litter to fertilize your grass? We have soil in this area that if more than 2 tons of litter is used the cows won't eat the grass.</p><p></p><p> Do you use Ammonium Sulfate in your fertilizer blend or straight Ammonium Sulfate instead of Ammonium nitrate? With higher prices lots of dealers use Ammonium Sulfate and not telling the buyer. I've had problems with that and it got worse with the drought years. Ammonium Sulfate,dry weather and fescue don't work good together. If we have timely rains it's no problem.</p><p></p><p> What breed of cattle do you have? </p><p></p><p> The worst time of year for me with endophyte is cleanup time for the fields I use for winter stockpile. It has to be grazed lower than 3 inches. That's mainly done in July and it's always hot here in July. If it's dry I'll feed some corn gluten/soy hull pellets about every 3 days and that helps. </p><p></p><p> I rotate graze too. I found some years back that I need to drag each rotation after the cows have been moved to keep those green spots down in the fields. If I don't drag the manure I have lots of clumps of grass that the cows won't touch when they come back to that.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="rmcva, post: 314212, member: 5473"] I live in Va. as well. Have 130 acres of fescue. Had fescue since the 50's. Know all about problems with fescue and know some ways to avoid problems and use fescue too. Are you using manure/chicken litter to fertilize your grass? We have soil in this area that if more than 2 tons of litter is used the cows won't eat the grass. Do you use Ammonium Sulfate in your fertilizer blend or straight Ammonium Sulfate instead of Ammonium nitrate? With higher prices lots of dealers use Ammonium Sulfate and not telling the buyer. I've had problems with that and it got worse with the drought years. Ammonium Sulfate,dry weather and fescue don't work good together. If we have timely rains it's no problem. What breed of cattle do you have? The worst time of year for me with endophyte is cleanup time for the fields I use for winter stockpile. It has to be grazed lower than 3 inches. That's mainly done in July and it's always hot here in July. If it's dry I'll feed some corn gluten/soy hull pellets about every 3 days and that helps. I rotate graze too. I found some years back that I need to drag each rotation after the cows have been moved to keep those green spots down in the fields. If I don't drag the manure I have lots of clumps of grass that the cows won't touch when they come back to that. [/QUOTE]
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