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<blockquote data-quote="Chuckie" data-source="post: 775879" data-attributes="member: 637"><p>fargus,</p><p>He is using a Kuhn disc mower, and he says he is tilting it back, but he is letting it ride level with the ground. If it were tilted back, it would leave longer stems. So...</p><p>The system that I want to use, cut in early May or late April if I could trust the weather, then cut in mid June. After June, leave it alone, and let the final rains get it back in shape to make it through August and September. Of course, I would have left 4 to 6" of stems. Two cuttings, while we have a lot of moisture in the ground, and the grass is really growing. It is mixed with Red clover and Durana clover, so it does grow fast. We could get three; one in the fall if there have been rains through August and September. </p><p></p><p>But the cycle that he is on; cut it when he gets ready, which this year was in mid June. This seems to be getting worse since this field is important to me. The seed heads were already beginning to dry out. Then the next time it was cut was the first week in August. Orchard grass should never be cut in July or August. The June cutting should have been the second cutting. Orchard Grass cannot handle the cutting in hot dry months. I just do not understand the thinking here....</p><p></p><p>When you say that "3 years in 3 cuts/year system," (I am really taking a WAG here) You get three cuttings for three years from your orchard grass normally. Then after that 3rd year, you only take two, which in that year, you can cut it short. It will not harm the grass if it is while the moisture is still up in the soil? Are you letting the grass reseed itself on what could have been the third cutting? The Orchard grass seed that we have is really good to reseed itself, but not if you come back and shave it off. Let me know what you do mean by the cycle of the 3 years. </p><p>Chuckie</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Chuckie, post: 775879, member: 637"] fargus, He is using a Kuhn disc mower, and he says he is tilting it back, but he is letting it ride level with the ground. If it were tilted back, it would leave longer stems. So... The system that I want to use, cut in early May or late April if I could trust the weather, then cut in mid June. After June, leave it alone, and let the final rains get it back in shape to make it through August and September. Of course, I would have left 4 to 6" of stems. Two cuttings, while we have a lot of moisture in the ground, and the grass is really growing. It is mixed with Red clover and Durana clover, so it does grow fast. We could get three; one in the fall if there have been rains through August and September. But the cycle that he is on; cut it when he gets ready, which this year was in mid June. This seems to be getting worse since this field is important to me. The seed heads were already beginning to dry out. Then the next time it was cut was the first week in August. Orchard grass should never be cut in July or August. The June cutting should have been the second cutting. Orchard Grass cannot handle the cutting in hot dry months. I just do not understand the thinking here.... When you say that "3 years in 3 cuts/year system," (I am really taking a WAG here) You get three cuttings for three years from your orchard grass normally. Then after that 3rd year, you only take two, which in that year, you can cut it short. It will not harm the grass if it is while the moisture is still up in the soil? Are you letting the grass reseed itself on what could have been the third cutting? The Orchard grass seed that we have is really good to reseed itself, but not if you come back and shave it off. Let me know what you do mean by the cycle of the 3 years. Chuckie [/QUOTE]
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