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<blockquote data-quote="Texasmark" data-source="post: 1533540" data-attributes="member: 27848"><p>That's the way mine works. You try to plant it Labor Day and if you get the moisture you have a good stand before it goes dormant. Then when spring arrives and things warm up it works for you. As the season warms into the May-June timeline, it dies off as Bermuda flourishes. A win win combination....just feed "them".</p><p></p><p>Once you get rye established and let it head out a couple of times, it will reseed itself and you don't have to plant it to have it. If anything, you have to work at it to get rid of it if you ever get it established and want to be rid of it. </p><p></p><p>In the fall, when things cool off and the first good rains come, it sprouts itself (from seed) since the annual variety is readily available. If you put some steel in the ground it likes that too as soon as it gets wet; gets last year's leftovers out of it's way. I like it for several reasons: Self reseeding (saves you the trouble and expense of putting in winter pasture every year), winter hardy, good nutrition, and cows like it.</p><p></p><p>If you are haying and not grazing, you can double crop it. Do the same thing but bale it in April-May and by mid June your Bermuda will be ready. Hay not what Bermuda is but it makes feed when things happen like around here where we have been having wet winters and dry (stages of drought) summers that affect your summer hay crop big time.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Texasmark, post: 1533540, member: 27848"] That's the way mine works. You try to plant it Labor Day and if you get the moisture you have a good stand before it goes dormant. Then when spring arrives and things warm up it works for you. As the season warms into the May-June timeline, it dies off as Bermuda flourishes. A win win combination....just feed "them". Once you get rye established and let it head out a couple of times, it will reseed itself and you don't have to plant it to have it. If anything, you have to work at it to get rid of it if you ever get it established and want to be rid of it. In the fall, when things cool off and the first good rains come, it sprouts itself (from seed) since the annual variety is readily available. If you put some steel in the ground it likes that too as soon as it gets wet; gets last year's leftovers out of it's way. I like it for several reasons: Self reseeding (saves you the trouble and expense of putting in winter pasture every year), winter hardy, good nutrition, and cows like it. If you are haying and not grazing, you can double crop it. Do the same thing but bale it in April-May and by mid June your Bermuda will be ready. Hay not what Bermuda is but it makes feed when things happen like around here where we have been having wet winters and dry (stages of drought) summers that affect your summer hay crop big time. [/QUOTE]
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