Fertilizing after the first cutting

Jason S.

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Anybody ever did that? I know you should fertilize way before the first cutting but due to work and stuff I wasn't able to. I'm doing my first cutting now and thought about after its done putting some fertilizer out. I know it's not the ideal time but it should help some shouldn't it?
 
All the time first cutting don't get to stemy that way and second is growing faster so it don't get stemy but you get more bales
 
(quoted from post at 18:35:42 05/31/14) Anybody ever did that? I know you should fertilize way before the first cutting but due to work and stuff I wasn't able to. I'm doing my first cutting now and thought about after its done putting some fertilizer out. I know it's not the ideal time but it should help some shouldn't it?
can't afford fertilizer at today's prices of $750 a metric ton.
The only one making money on that hay is the fertilizer dealer.
 
We fertilise after every cutting or grazing here in Norn Iron.....but we have a different climate to you........Sam
 
I guess it would depend on your area, rainfall and type of hay. I raise bermuda grass for hay and if there is ample rainfall I fertilize P&K in the fall. As soon as soil temps warm up to 60 degrees I add 100 units of nitrogen and after 1st cutting I give it another 30-50 units of nitrogen. If we have a decent summer about the 1st of August I apply another 30 units of nitrogen and 100 units of potash. Bermuda takes a lot of nitrogen and potash and in a good year we get 4 cuttings.
 
I did that after all the field corn was planted, we took left over fertilizer and I forget what it was, right after the first cut, used a 3 pt broadcast spreader, I forget the application rate too, but that 2nd cut was very thick, yield was like a good first cut, had trouble getting some parts of the field to dry. I cut tedded, raked and baled/stacked this hay to fill my own order of 400 bales, as I was helping my farmer friend anyway, it sure was impressive, we did have a fair amount of rain too, so that helped. farmer wanted to get rid of the left over fertilizer, and it sure seemed to have been a good place to use it.
 
ASAP after the baler. Straight nitrogen, usually Urea, used to be ammonium nitrate. Unless you took first cut pretty early, P and K won"t really amount to much until third cut or next year. If you are trying to build P and K levels in the soil they can go on any time.
 

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