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<blockquote data-quote="dun" data-source="post: 30219" data-attributes="member: 34"><p>In normal years, whatever that is, the grass isn't quite as strong as this year. When the stuff matures and the seed is about ripe I like to clip before I turn the cows in. I use the excuse that I want to reseed the pasture. It puts off having to get started mowing till we have a better handle on haying and fishing. In another week or so I'll be cutting a couple more of the pastures for hay. In the fields that I mowed on thursday I was surprised to see several inches of new growth when I raked it yesterday. I've found that if you clip it while it's this green that it lays a pretty heavy mat down and the grass doesn't come back as well in areas that matted. If you wait till it starts to dry, the stuff shatters better and doesn;t form as heavy a mat and the grass comes up more uniformly. When all you have to worry about is pollen the effect on the eyes isn't as bad. But when the seed starts to dry it really starts causing problems. Of course we've only been wrestling with this kind of growthy grass for the last 5 years. I've never seen anything like this in my previous experience. Most folks around here have grazed there pastures so bad over the years, don't fertilize or lime and the stuff is hardly even knee high. Heck, I have clover that's knee high.</p><p></p><p>dun</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dun, post: 30219, member: 34"] In normal years, whatever that is, the grass isn't quite as strong as this year. When the stuff matures and the seed is about ripe I like to clip before I turn the cows in. I use the excuse that I want to reseed the pasture. It puts off having to get started mowing till we have a better handle on haying and fishing. In another week or so I'll be cutting a couple more of the pastures for hay. In the fields that I mowed on thursday I was surprised to see several inches of new growth when I raked it yesterday. I've found that if you clip it while it's this green that it lays a pretty heavy mat down and the grass doesn't come back as well in areas that matted. If you wait till it starts to dry, the stuff shatters better and doesn;t form as heavy a mat and the grass comes up more uniformly. When all you have to worry about is pollen the effect on the eyes isn't as bad. But when the seed starts to dry it really starts causing problems. Of course we've only been wrestling with this kind of growthy grass for the last 5 years. I've never seen anything like this in my previous experience. Most folks around here have grazed there pastures so bad over the years, don't fertilize or lime and the stuff is hardly even knee high. Heck, I have clover that's knee high. dun [/QUOTE]
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