Knee high bermuda grass!

[redangus]

More grass than I've ever had and I'm still behind normal on rainfall. I've got knee high bermuda and crab grass in one of my three 20 acre pastures. I guess it's not how much rain but the timely distribution of it.

 

[novatech]

Sounds like it,s time to make hay.
Sometimes things work out.

 

[redangus]

No, I'm just going to put cows with calves on it. You should have seen the soft stools the day after I changed pastures. All calves were making soft creamy green baby poop piles.

 

[novatech]

Just the way I like em.

 

[DOC HARRIS]

No, I'm just going to put cows with calves on it. You should have seen the soft stools the day after I changed pastures. All calves were making soft creamy green baby poop piles.

H-M-M-M-M Great Tongue Twister! Say this three times as fast as possible: Soft creamy green baby poop piles-soft creamy green baby poop piles-soft creamy green baby poop piles!

DOC HARRIS

 

[Sylvanglades]

redangus, Could you share if you started your bermuda yourself? Was it seeded or sprigged? How early did you plant it? What brand is it? Since you have cattle on it, do you fertilize it also? We are seriously thinking about planting bermuda and are trying to get any info from people with firsthand knowledge. Love to hear your calves are doing good!

 

[Gate Opener]

No, I'm just going to put cows with calves on it. You should have seen the soft stools the day after I changed pastures. All calves were making soft creamy green baby poop piles.

H-M-M-M-M Great Tongue Twister! Say this three times as fast as possible: Soft creamy green baby poop piles-soft creamy green baby poop piles-soft creamy green baby poop piles!

DOC HARRIS

I had a hard time saying it one time slowly.

 

[redangus]

redangus, Could you share if you started your bermuda yourself? Was it seeded or sprigged? How early did you plant it? What brand is it? Since you have cattle on it, do you fertilize it also? We are seriously thinking about planting bermuda and are trying to get any info from people with firsthand knowledge. Love to hear your calves are doing good!

I started leasing this property to start a registered red angus herd. It started out as just a field full of black berries...one of the most stubborn weed in the world. I did not plant the bermuda or the crab grass. Like most pastures, it was already there in small quanities. I just fertilize triple 19 in early March for the fescue and throw 150# per acre of ammonia nitrate in the middle of May. The fertilizer and the rotational grazing helps a lot. When grass is stockpiled, the cows have a much harder time catching up to it.

The only seeding I did was feeding bermuda hay in weak areas. I consider it the poor man's seeding.

 

[redangus]

Just the way I like em.

My wife really thinks I'm an idiot when I inspect cow stools. "What can I say, I'm a scientist," I tell her.

 

[DOC HARRIS]

Just the way I like em.

My wife really thinks I'm an idiot when I inspect cow stools. "What can I say, I'm a scientist," I tell her.

Tell her you are a "Compulsive Investigator" and when you see a cow pie it just - - "flies all over you!"

DOC HARRIS

 

[Caustic Burno]

redangus, Could you share if you started your bermuda yourself? Was it seeded or sprigged? How early did you plant it? What brand is it? Since you have cattle on it, do you fertilize it also? We are seriously thinking about planting bermuda and are trying to get any info from people with firsthand knowledge. Love to hear your calves are doing good!

Common bermuda makes great pasture I have a couple of bottom pastures thats are common.

 

[MikeC]

redangus, Could you share if you started your bermuda yourself? Was it seeded or sprigged? How early did you plant it? What brand is it? Since you have cattle on it, do you fertilize it also? We are seriously thinking about planting bermuda and are trying to get any info from people with firsthand knowledge. Love to hear your calves are doing good!

Common bermuda makes great pasture I have a couple of bottom pastures thats are common.

I have some Common Bermuda also. But all Common is not the same. Some has a wider blade and grows more upright. Some tolerates drought better than others, etc.

When I really notice this is when part of a common pasture will seed out earlier or later than another part.

Ever notice this?

 

[novatech]

redangus, Could you share if you started your bermuda yourself? Was it seeded or sprigged? How early did you plant it? What brand is it? Since you have cattle on it, do you fertilize it also? We are seriously thinking about planting bermuda and are trying to get any info from people with firsthand knowledge. Love to hear your calves are doing good!

Common bermuda makes great pasture I have a couple of bottom pastures thats are common.

I have some Common Bermuda also. But all Common is not the same. Some has a wider blade and grows more upright. Some tolerates drought better than others, etc.

When I really notice this is when part of a common pasture will seed out earlier or later than another part.

Ever notice this?

Mike you must be a golfer bringing seed in on your shoes. :lol:

 

[Bluestem]

redangus, Could you share if you started your bermuda yourself? Was it seeded or sprigged? How early did you plant it? What brand is it? Since you have cattle on it, do you fertilize it also? We are seriously thinking about planting bermuda and are trying to get any info from people with firsthand knowledge. Love to hear your calves are doing good!

Common bermuda makes great pasture I have a couple of bottom pastures thats are common.

I have some Common Bermuda also. But all Common is not the same. Some has a wider blade and grows more upright. Some tolerates drought better than others, etc.

When I really notice this is when part of a common pasture will seed out earlier or later than another part.

Ever notice this?

Grasses are like people, no two are the same.Hybrid grasses were common grasses with traits we wanted. Farmers have been selecting for traits since the being of time, whether it be plants or animals. You could select your grass that has the (wider blades) and grow it in another field. See if the seed comes back true. If not, sprig it. In a few years you could name it, and start selling it. And get rich :lol: Be prepared for a lot of failure. And figure it will take half a lifetime to see results.

 

[Caustic Burno]

redangus, Could you share if you started your bermuda yourself? Was it seeded or sprigged? How early did you plant it? What brand is it? Since you have cattle on it, do you fertilize it also? We are seriously thinking about planting bermuda and are trying to get any info from people with firsthand knowledge. Love to hear your calves are doing good!

Common bermuda makes great pasture I have a couple of bottom pastures thats are common.

I have some Common Bermuda also. But all Common is not the same. Some has a wider blade and grows more upright. Some tolerates drought better than others, etc.

When I really notice this is when part of a common pasture will seed out earlier or later than another part.

Ever notice this?

Bermuda seed farms are located in more arid places like Az. Bermuda has to have the right amount of water at the right time. To much water and it won't produce near as much seed.