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<blockquote data-quote="Stocker Steve" data-source="post: 1655933" data-attributes="member: 1715"><p>Depends on the variety. Winter kill is a big issue for palatable grasses like meadow fescue that are easy to overgraze in the fall. The other issue is "improved" grasses are often selected for more fall growth, so they are weakened even before you (over) graze them. Some seed companies are know for high (fall) growth varieties that are short lived. I asked a seed company tech service about this once, and was told "we expect grasses to live as long as alfalfa"...</p><p></p><p>Many hay men don't understand how plants grow and cut them too short to get more ash in the bale. Three inches is a min cutting height for plants with crowns like alfalfa, and crown less grasses have a min cutting height of of 4 to 5 inches.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Stocker Steve, post: 1655933, member: 1715"] Depends on the variety. Winter kill is a big issue for palatable grasses like meadow fescue that are easy to overgraze in the fall. The other issue is "improved" grasses are often selected for more fall growth, so they are weakened even before you (over) graze them. Some seed companies are know for high (fall) growth varieties that are short lived. I asked a seed company tech service about this once, and was told "we expect grasses to live as long as alfalfa"... Many hay men don't understand how plants grow and cut them too short to get more ash in the bale. Three inches is a min cutting height for plants with crowns like alfalfa, and crown less grasses have a min cutting height of of 4 to 5 inches. [/QUOTE]
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