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<blockquote data-quote="Chuckie" data-source="post: 104072" data-attributes="member: 637"><p>I would not plant Sericea if I had a choice. But, having said that, if cut at an early stage, it has more digestible nutrients than alfalfa according to University of Tennessee studies. Horses and cattle both will eat every bit of it. The protein is in the 17% area, where as alfalfa is 18%. Just let it get too tall, and it as good as cutting cedar trees for hay. It does add nitrogen to the ground. It is considered a lespedeza. If you have it already, make good use of it by cutting it early. If I didn't have it, then I would find something else. Oh, another good thing to say about it is that it cures well and holds it's leaves easily. So....</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Chuckie, post: 104072, member: 637"] I would not plant Sericea if I had a choice. But, having said that, if cut at an early stage, it has more digestible nutrients than alfalfa according to University of Tennessee studies. Horses and cattle both will eat every bit of it. The protein is in the 17% area, where as alfalfa is 18%. Just let it get too tall, and it as good as cutting cedar trees for hay. It does add nitrogen to the ground. It is considered a lespedeza. If you have it already, make good use of it by cutting it early. If I didn't have it, then I would find something else. Oh, another good thing to say about it is that it cures well and holds it's leaves easily. So.... [/QUOTE]
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