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<blockquote data-quote="IluvABbeef" data-source="post: 486635" data-attributes="member: 3739"><p>Is it "Reed's Canary grass" or is it "Reed Canary grass"?? :???: Because the way I've heard it it's "Reed Canary grass." Whatever. Anyway, it grows wild around here, and if you let it grow up to maturity, it can get pretty tall...tall enough for a short gal like me to get lost in...and I'm a touch over 5' tall...it really likes growin in the low swampy spots, mostly in the sloughs and around the ponds.</p><p></p><p>Anyway, reed canary grass are supposed to also be bad for having alkali agents that could be bad for cattle if they eat too much of it, or I should say if they eat it straight. It ain't as palatable as Orchard grass or Timothy either, even at the growth stage, because of that alkaloid chemical in there. However, the reed canary grass growing around here must be of the reduced alkali variety because the cattle sure like it and there haven't been any cases of alkali poisoning on the farm, and they do have reduced alkaloid varieties around.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="IluvABbeef, post: 486635, member: 3739"] Is it "Reed's Canary grass" or is it "Reed Canary grass"?? :???: Because the way I've heard it it's "Reed Canary grass." Whatever. Anyway, it grows wild around here, and if you let it grow up to maturity, it can get pretty tall...tall enough for a short gal like me to get lost in...and I'm a touch over 5' tall...it really likes growin in the low swampy spots, mostly in the sloughs and around the ponds. Anyway, reed canary grass are supposed to also be bad for having alkali agents that could be bad for cattle if they eat too much of it, or I should say if they eat it straight. It ain't as palatable as Orchard grass or Timothy either, even at the growth stage, because of that alkaloid chemical in there. However, the reed canary grass growing around here must be of the reduced alkali variety because the cattle sure like it and there haven't been any cases of alkali poisoning on the farm, and they do have reduced alkaloid varieties around. [/QUOTE]
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