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<blockquote data-quote="HDRider" data-source="post: 1687148" data-attributes="member: 17025"><p>I want some feedback on my grass management</p><p></p><p>I have two parts and I treat them differently. The north side I hit with 200# per acre of triple 19 fertilizer at least once a year. The north side I don't put any fertilizer on it. The cows eat hay on the north side through the winter.</p><p></p><p>The ph is 6 to 6.5 up from 5. I put about 3 tons of lime per acre first off.</p><p></p><p>This is my fifth year grazing 30 mama, a bull and maybe 15 calves at any given time.</p><p></p><p>The place had been grazed hard for decades, and hayed hard for 5 or six years before I got here. It is roughly 60% fescue, 20% native Bermuda , and 15% clover and 5% forbs. Plenty of trees</p><p></p><p>I rotate 6 sections about every 4 or 6 days. I was rotating every day or two. Water stations were making a mess with the more frequent moves, and I cannot tell any improvement in grass health moving more often. Each side does get about 30 to 45 days rest during grazing. The north side sits empty all winter.</p><p></p><p>I have always mowed at least once, twice early on. I may not mow this year. Someone put a bug in my ear that taller grass would lessen the effects of the dry months late summer.</p><p></p><p>So far this has been a grass bonanza this year. The fertilized side is crazy good grass. The hay eating side is pretty good. You can sure tell where I put fertilizer.</p><p></p><p>Anyone got questions?</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Better yet, does anyone have suggestions?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HDRider, post: 1687148, member: 17025"] I want some feedback on my grass management I have two parts and I treat them differently. The north side I hit with 200# per acre of triple 19 fertilizer at least once a year. The north side I don’t put any fertilizer on it. The cows eat hay on the north side through the winter. The ph is 6 to 6.5 up from 5. I put about 3 tons of lime per acre first off. This is my fifth year grazing 30 mama, a bull and maybe 15 calves at any given time. The place had been grazed hard for decades, and hayed hard for 5 or six years before I got here. It is roughly 60% fescue, 20% native Bermuda , and 15% clover and 5% forbs. Plenty of trees I rotate 6 sections about every 4 or 6 days. I was rotating every day or two. Water stations were making a mess with the more frequent moves, and I cannot tell any improvement in grass health moving more often. Each side does get about 30 to 45 days rest during grazing. The north side sits empty all winter. I have always mowed at least once, twice early on. I may not mow this year. Someone put a bug in my ear that taller grass would lessen the effects of the dry months late summer. So far this has been a grass bonanza this year. The fertilized side is crazy good grass. The hay eating side is pretty good. You can sure tell where I put fertilizer. Anyone got questions? Better yet, does anyone have suggestions? [/QUOTE]
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