?'s on A New Hay Pasture

[houston_brama]

Y'all will have to excuse my ignorance, I am really new to all this. But, the wife and I just bought our first house about 50 miles North of NAshville TN. and we are planning on putting horses on the land and raise some cattle. The land is old farm land. I figure I'll have to start from scratch for the hay field. Should I till the whole 10 acres under and plant all new seed or try and work with what I have. If I start from the begining, how long will it be before I start producing good hay regularly? All the help will be greatly apreciated.

 

[dundidit]

Soil tests are the first thing to do. Check with the local extension office. Without seeing a field it's hard to tell what the best thing to do. If the ground is on a hill you want to keep eroison down when plowing, maybe you can just rent a drill and no till in some new hay seed. The best bet is your local ag agent. IF you do till it under and replant I would consider doing it in the fall or early spring and we spray 2-4-D and then a week later come back with round up and kill everything if we plow it under in the fall. It usually doesn't make much of a hay field here until the last cutting if it's planted in the early spring. Others will have more info but, if it's in pretty good shape, go with what you have already.

 

[Crowderfarms]

Y'all will have to excuse my ignorance, I am really new to all this. But, the wife and I just bought our first house about 50 miles North of NAshville TN. and we are planning on putting horses on the land and raise some cattle. The land is old farm land. I figure I'll have to start from scratch for the hay field. Should I till the whole 10 acres under and plant all new seed or try and work with what I have. If I start from the begining, how long will it be before I start producing good hay regularly? All the help will be greatly apreciated.

If the Hay field is overgrown with sapplings,Blackberries, etc. and has not been bush hogged regularly, you'll probably need to re-sow. If that's the case, I'd reccomend sowing it with Orchard Grass and Fescue, and some Clover. It's hard to say without some more details of the condition of the place.Adams is a nice town.

 

[skyeagle]

Just watch for the speed traps

 

[houston_brama]

Well, the property has been bush hogged and that's about it. It is a little green right now but has lots of weeds and dandy lions growing in it.

 

[Crowderfarms]

Well, the property has been bush hogged and that's about it. It is a little green right now but has lots of weeds and dandy lions growing in it.

You need to spray it and hog it again. Take a soil sample to the County Extension office, to see where you stand, as far as fertilizer and liming needs.

 

[houston_brama]

Alright, well that's not so bad. Thanks for all the help!!!

 

[ALACOWMAN]

if the ground is good and level like you want it i would spray and no till drill it. best way get up and working quicker . the ground can handle traffic . and less fuel cost