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<blockquote data-quote="Lucky_P" data-source="post: 777207" data-attributes="member: 12607"><p>I've planted Hallmark, Benchmark, and Potomac orchardgrasses in the past, but the newer 'Persist' selection is much better, from a grazing standpoint, than any of the previously-planted varieties - but even at that, OG is about the LAST thing my cows will eat. They'll usually eat the ragweed and pigweed before they touch OG.</p><p>Can't make any recommendations on good varieties for hay production - we buy in all our hay, and graze every inch of pasture for all it's worth.</p><p></p><p>Not recommended for overseeding? - maybe 'cause it's fairly expensive, and when overseeding onto an established stand of grasses, there's probably not many of those light-weight little OG seeds that'll actually make it down to contact the soil, germinate, and SURVIVE. If you paid $4/lb, and got, at best, a 10% germination/survival rate(if that high), it'd translate into having paid $40/lb; pretty doggone steep. Better to drill it into the existing stand, if it's thin.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lucky_P, post: 777207, member: 12607"] I've planted Hallmark, Benchmark, and Potomac orchardgrasses in the past, but the newer 'Persist' selection is much better, from a grazing standpoint, than any of the previously-planted varieties - but even at that, OG is about the LAST thing my cows will eat. They'll usually eat the ragweed and pigweed before they touch OG. Can't make any recommendations on good varieties for hay production - we buy in all our hay, and graze every inch of pasture for all it's worth. Not recommended for overseeding? - maybe 'cause it's fairly expensive, and when overseeding onto an established stand of grasses, there's probably not many of those light-weight little OG seeds that'll actually make it down to contact the soil, germinate, and SURVIVE. If you paid $4/lb, and got, at best, a 10% germination/survival rate(if that high), it'd translate into having paid $40/lb; pretty doggone steep. Better to drill it into the existing stand, if it's thin. [/QUOTE]
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