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<blockquote data-quote="stocky" data-source="post: 88499" data-attributes="member: 1150"><p>dun, you are absolutely right, johnson grass is a noxious weed in missouri. it would be illegal to plant the seed. it is, however a very nutritious and high producing feed, especially as hay if cut before it goes to seed. virtually all the creek bottoms and river bottoms in my area have it in them unless the cattle pasture it out. then it will still come back over a period of years.</p><p> caustic, yes, the question in the original post was about stockpiling johnson grass for feed after frost. that is why i mentioned that if the cows arent eating it at frost, you have to wait 5 days or so to let the acid go into the ground, then it makes great feed. if the cows are eating it at frost, you dont have to take them out, they will be fine. i might add that stockpiling it doesnt work real well because, just like cane, after frost the nutrition goes into the ground in a short period of time and it becomes stalks with not much food value---better get it all eaten within a month. it isnt like fescue that still has food value up into january</p><p> mahoney, yes, i guess i am guilty of not comprehending what i read, but there are only a certain few days that the johnson grass is poison after frost and then only if the cows arent currently eating it---so if i just gave you a "yes" or a "yes it is poison" answer, then you would think i was telling you that you couldnt use it for feed for fear of poison. that would be a totally false impression of johnsongrass----sorry if i gave you a whole lot more info than you wanted</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="stocky, post: 88499, member: 1150"] dun, you are absolutely right, johnson grass is a noxious weed in missouri. it would be illegal to plant the seed. it is, however a very nutritious and high producing feed, especially as hay if cut before it goes to seed. virtually all the creek bottoms and river bottoms in my area have it in them unless the cattle pasture it out. then it will still come back over a period of years. caustic, yes, the question in the original post was about stockpiling johnson grass for feed after frost. that is why i mentioned that if the cows arent eating it at frost, you have to wait 5 days or so to let the acid go into the ground, then it makes great feed. if the cows are eating it at frost, you dont have to take them out, they will be fine. i might add that stockpiling it doesnt work real well because, just like cane, after frost the nutrition goes into the ground in a short period of time and it becomes stalks with not much food value---better get it all eaten within a month. it isnt like fescue that still has food value up into january mahoney, yes, i guess i am guilty of not comprehending what i read, but there are only a certain few days that the johnson grass is poison after frost and then only if the cows arent currently eating it---so if i just gave you a "yes" or a "yes it is poison" answer, then you would think i was telling you that you couldnt use it for feed for fear of poison. that would be a totally false impression of johnsongrass----sorry if i gave you a whole lot more info than you wanted [/QUOTE]
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