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<blockquote data-quote="Jogeephus" data-source="post: 505386" data-attributes="member: 4362"><p>To give you an idea of how fast this stuff can grow, I found this picture you can use as a reference. It was taken on the June 18 five days prior to the first pic which was taken on June 25th just after we received our first good rain. Once we got the rainfall, it really didn't matter much as this stuff is fairly drought tolerant. I ended up having to make haylage on one field and round rolled the other. I guess you could say I went from being grass poor to grass rich in a span of 5 days. Its amazing what a little rainfall can do for you.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m114/jogeephus/IMG_1088.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>This picture was taken in July as I had to cut and bale the excess. I came back afterwards and gave it some potash and it continued to grow.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m114/jogeephus/IMG_1407.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>This photo was taken in September after I had already cut hay off. Calves are a solid 6 weight. Most of their grazing occured within a few feet of the shade as they didn't have to walk far to fill their belly. </p><p></p><p><img src="http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m114/jogeephus/IMG_1584.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Its pretty obvious I miscalculated my forage needs but the drought had me worried. At least the excess didn't get wasted as I still have over 100 rolls of millet hay stockpiled.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jogeephus, post: 505386, member: 4362"] To give you an idea of how fast this stuff can grow, I found this picture you can use as a reference. It was taken on the June 18 five days prior to the first pic which was taken on June 25th just after we received our first good rain. Once we got the rainfall, it really didn't matter much as this stuff is fairly drought tolerant. I ended up having to make haylage on one field and round rolled the other. I guess you could say I went from being grass poor to grass rich in a span of 5 days. Its amazing what a little rainfall can do for you. [img]http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m114/jogeephus/IMG_1088.jpg[/img] This picture was taken in July as I had to cut and bale the excess. I came back afterwards and gave it some potash and it continued to grow. [img]http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m114/jogeephus/IMG_1407.jpg[/img] This photo was taken in September after I had already cut hay off. Calves are a solid 6 weight. Most of their grazing occured within a few feet of the shade as they didn't have to walk far to fill their belly. [img]http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m114/jogeephus/IMG_1584.jpg[/img] Its pretty obvious I miscalculated my forage needs but the drought had me worried. At least the excess didn't get wasted as I still have over 100 rolls of millet hay stockpiled. [/QUOTE]
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