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<blockquote data-quote="Lbass" data-source="post: 1635637" data-attributes="member: 38465"><p>You didnt ask, and I don't like to poke into your business, but I have a few minutes. If it's broomsedge. It's usually an indicator of 1st, Low PH, or 2nd, low Phosphorus. There were so many poultry houses around here years back, phosphorus is rarely the problem. It tends to become present here when the PH gets down to around 4.5 and gets worse from there. At 4, its normally trying to take the field. Cows will eat it for a short period in the summer, but I wouldn't count on it for much nutrition. It is a short lived perennial and the agronomists here claim that once the fertility is corrected the other grasses will out-compete and it will be gone in 3-5 years. I think they have me on the right track, but 3 years looks mighty optimistic on this farm.</p><p></p><p>Side note. People like Greg Judy claim that the added fertility and organic matter from unrolling hay on broomsedge goes a long ways. I'm going to give that a shot this winter.</p><p></p><p>If a person were to look at the sheer amount of research papers, articles, and chatter about broomsedge. It seems to be a very real issue from mid-kansas to georgia.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lbass, post: 1635637, member: 38465"] You didnt ask, and I don't like to poke into your business, but I have a few minutes. If it's broomsedge. It's usually an indicator of 1st, Low PH, or 2nd, low Phosphorus. There were so many poultry houses around here years back, phosphorus is rarely the problem. It tends to become present here when the PH gets down to around 4.5 and gets worse from there. At 4, its normally trying to take the field. Cows will eat it for a short period in the summer, but I wouldn't count on it for much nutrition. It is a short lived perennial and the agronomists here claim that once the fertility is corrected the other grasses will out-compete and it will be gone in 3-5 years. I think they have me on the right track, but 3 years looks mighty optimistic on this farm. Side note. People like Greg Judy claim that the added fertility and organic matter from unrolling hay on broomsedge goes a long ways. I'm going to give that a shot this winter. If a person were to look at the sheer amount of research papers, articles, and chatter about broomsedge. It seems to be a very real issue from mid-kansas to georgia. [/QUOTE]
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