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<blockquote data-quote="Ebenezer" data-source="post: 1341801" data-attributes="member: 24565"><p>Sericea Lespedeza is a plant that is good in it's place. Hard to establish with any competition, a great drought pasture option, does not share the N fixed on the roots with other plants like other legumes, deep roots, tolerates poor fertility and cows will graze it after it begins to bloom: tanins move out of leaves at that life state. Best grazing is AU Grazer. You have to be the world's best hay man to get the stuff baled with most of the leaves on it. But goats and sheep benefit from it and I guess wormy cows would too. LSU did some research with sheep and goats. Seems they had to shut the animals in the paddock to make them start eating and once they started they liked it. Need to rest it in the fall to let it build reserves in the roots. Otherwise, not as long lived.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ebenezer, post: 1341801, member: 24565"] Sericea Lespedeza is a plant that is good in it's place. Hard to establish with any competition, a great drought pasture option, does not share the N fixed on the roots with other plants like other legumes, deep roots, tolerates poor fertility and cows will graze it after it begins to bloom: tanins move out of leaves at that life state. Best grazing is AU Grazer. You have to be the world's best hay man to get the stuff baled with most of the leaves on it. But goats and sheep benefit from it and I guess wormy cows would too. LSU did some research with sheep and goats. Seems they had to shut the animals in the paddock to make them start eating and once they started they liked it. Need to rest it in the fall to let it build reserves in the roots. Otherwise, not as long lived. [/QUOTE]
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