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Newbie question on growing alfalfa
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<blockquote data-quote="NWMoAngus" data-source="post: 1138507" data-attributes="member: 22025"><p>SE Neb is probably very similar to us here in NW Missouri, near St. Joe. First thing on alfalfa is to soil test. Most soils are too low in ph and will need lime applied. Alfalfa also needs excessive rates of P and K annually to produce three to four cuttings yielding 3 to 4 tons per acre. However, you mention applying more seed to thicken up the stand. Alfalfa can not be inter seeded into an existing stand as the mature plants put out a toxin that kills alfalfa seedlings. My best luck was planting the alfalfa in early to mid August after harvesting wheat. Spring planting alfalfa is pretty dicey. Too much weed competition and more chance of a hard washing rain taking out the stand. Also use a cultipacker after planting. You can use a no-till drill or cultipacker planter, but just spreading it on the surface blended with dry fertilizer followed by several passes of a cultipacker works very well.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="NWMoAngus, post: 1138507, member: 22025"] SE Neb is probably very similar to us here in NW Missouri, near St. Joe. First thing on alfalfa is to soil test. Most soils are too low in ph and will need lime applied. Alfalfa also needs excessive rates of P and K annually to produce three to four cuttings yielding 3 to 4 tons per acre. However, you mention applying more seed to thicken up the stand. Alfalfa can not be inter seeded into an existing stand as the mature plants put out a toxin that kills alfalfa seedlings. My best luck was planting the alfalfa in early to mid August after harvesting wheat. Spring planting alfalfa is pretty dicey. Too much weed competition and more chance of a hard washing rain taking out the stand. Also use a cultipacker after planting. You can use a no-till drill or cultipacker planter, but just spreading it on the surface blended with dry fertilizer followed by several passes of a cultipacker works very well. [/QUOTE]
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