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<blockquote data-quote="bigbluegrass" data-source="post: 1562922" data-attributes="member: 15537"><p>Is AGF land limed? </p><p></p><p>I know planting NWSG with fescue goes against all university studies. I have been told it simply will not work. I have been told it needs to be one or the other. Maybe I am trying to swim upstream. I over seeded a few acres of fescue with NWSG about 10 years. The fescue wasn't doing great. The soil test called for lime. I think the PH was around 5.7, going off memory. I put the cows on the area in the spring and fed some hay on it. They tore it up pretty good. I broadcast NWSG on the ground, I think I did big bluestem, switchgrass and indiangrass on that particular piece. I kept the cows off it for a full year. I was surprised how much NWSG came up. It took it a full two years or more for it to really show up. Today, some places have only a bit of NWSG. It is still in all of the areas to some extent. One area, maybe 1/4 acre, is a high percentage NWSG. The fescue is still there also. On hotter and drier years, the NWSG does great. On cooler and wetter years, the fescue does better. I rotationally graze with daily moves during the growing season. On shorter rotations, the fescue does better. On longer rotations, the NWSG does better. The NWSG only likes to be grazed about two times a year. Maybe I am just tossing expensive seed on the ground with little to no hope of success.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bigbluegrass, post: 1562922, member: 15537"] Is AGF land limed? I know planting NWSG with fescue goes against all university studies. I have been told it simply will not work. I have been told it needs to be one or the other. Maybe I am trying to swim upstream. I over seeded a few acres of fescue with NWSG about 10 years. The fescue wasn't doing great. The soil test called for lime. I think the PH was around 5.7, going off memory. I put the cows on the area in the spring and fed some hay on it. They tore it up pretty good. I broadcast NWSG on the ground, I think I did big bluestem, switchgrass and indiangrass on that particular piece. I kept the cows off it for a full year. I was surprised how much NWSG came up. It took it a full two years or more for it to really show up. Today, some places have only a bit of NWSG. It is still in all of the areas to some extent. One area, maybe 1/4 acre, is a high percentage NWSG. The fescue is still there also. On hotter and drier years, the NWSG does great. On cooler and wetter years, the fescue does better. I rotationally graze with daily moves during the growing season. On shorter rotations, the fescue does better. On longer rotations, the NWSG does better. The NWSG only likes to be grazed about two times a year. Maybe I am just tossing expensive seed on the ground with little to no hope of success. [/QUOTE]
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