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Looking to take over a current alfalfa field. The field will have been harvested for three years (12 cuttings).

Question is how well would Frost Seeding Timothy to bring the hay to a Horse type quality work?
With the alfalfa slowing down and adding the Timothy to balance it out will it work?

I'm in upstate New York the field is a strong clay base type soil.

60/40 Timothy/Alfalfa mix seems to work for local horse people around here.
 
Getting the timothy to take in a mature stand might not be too easy.
Trouble is, in spring the alfalfa gets a good start and chokes out the small seedlings.
If you were to harrow the H-ll out of it, or give it a light disking so some bare soil shows, the timothy would be more likely get a better chance.
I once tried timothy in a pasture, and the only place it took, was on worn out areas with nothing much growing.
Mind, I'm a lot further west than you, so maybe others close at hand will have a better idea!

Richard.
 
Around here (southern Ohio) our alfalfa is ready to cut around the end of May, but Timothy isn't mature till late June. Id think about overseeding something like Orchard grass. The timing is more similar.
I've never tried to overseed at this time of year. I'd probably wait till spring. You won't see much orchard grass till the following year though.
I'd be real slow to tear up a good stand of alfalfa.
John
 
We get about 8-9 years off a stand of alfalfa in SD clay. That said I soil test and apply P&K every spring prior to first cut. Cost is about$80 /A
 
Orchard grass. Timothy probably won't catch good.
Orchard grass and alfalfa work well together and
you should get more yield. Timothy matures later
than alfalfa. Orchard/alfalfa bales are the pretty
green bales.
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