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<blockquote data-quote="dun" data-source="post: 1458628" data-attributes="member: 34"><p>Fescue doesn;t trample well, gets too tough and stemmy after 8-10 inches. Clover I don;t worry about, seems to take care of itself. That would be red clover. The only white clover that persists around here is the wild dutch. Hop clover and red are the most common around here. Something I found interesting about "our" fescue. This farm was cleared and planted to fescue 100 plus years ago. It seems that some fescue is naturally less toxic then others. We've also selected for animals that perform on fescue. Seems the stuff on this farm doesn;t make that near as important. Every year the vet brings a dozen or so cows over during their early 3rd stage. Before coming here all they are on is fescue at his place and warm season grass hay. Within a week or 2 they all start showing a significant gain in body condition. Thought it was just a coincidence until lately. The folks we sold the fram to brought a bunch of their cows over and are grazing them on pastures that we aren;t using for ours. I commented on how crappy their condition was when the got here. Different bunches have been here from 2 months to about 3 weeks. Every one of those cows, including a couple of 17 year old gerts have all started to really gain condition. As long as we've been on this farm, 18 years, we've never bought any fescue seed. If anything needs reseeding wether from trails to water or just an area we have reclaimed I only spread seed that has been gotten off this farm. The seed is either from brush hogging and collecting it that way or haying when we have had to cut way late. The farm we just bought up the road will be reseeded as needed from seed that I have stored from this farm.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dun, post: 1458628, member: 34"] Fescue doesn;t trample well, gets too tough and stemmy after 8-10 inches. Clover I don;t worry about, seems to take care of itself. That would be red clover. The only white clover that persists around here is the wild dutch. Hop clover and red are the most common around here. Something I found interesting about "our" fescue. This farm was cleared and planted to fescue 100 plus years ago. It seems that some fescue is naturally less toxic then others. We've also selected for animals that perform on fescue. Seems the stuff on this farm doesn;t make that near as important. Every year the vet brings a dozen or so cows over during their early 3rd stage. Before coming here all they are on is fescue at his place and warm season grass hay. Within a week or 2 they all start showing a significant gain in body condition. Thought it was just a coincidence until lately. The folks we sold the fram to brought a bunch of their cows over and are grazing them on pastures that we aren;t using for ours. I commented on how crappy their condition was when the got here. Different bunches have been here from 2 months to about 3 weeks. Every one of those cows, including a couple of 17 year old gerts have all started to really gain condition. As long as we've been on this farm, 18 years, we've never bought any fescue seed. If anything needs reseeding wether from trails to water or just an area we have reclaimed I only spread seed that has been gotten off this farm. The seed is either from brush hogging and collecting it that way or haying when we have had to cut way late. The farm we just bought up the road will be reseeded as needed from seed that I have stored from this farm. [/QUOTE]
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