Baled some direct seeded hay today really pleased

Philip d · Aug 13, 2018

We put on 25 lbs/ac of a grass alfalfa mix this spring with a Brillion seeder. Broad caste 150 lbs/ac 17-17-17 and sprayed it for weeds early June. It seemed to take forever to come up and never really grew very tall. Cut it Saturday and you talk about thick! Got 189 5' bales of dry hay off 40 acres today. Well use it for calves and far off dry cows. First time in many years we direct seeded hay.

centash · Aug 13, 2018

That's a heck of a good crop! And you'll get even better yields next year.
Ben

larry@stinescorner · Aug 13, 2018

Nice!!

fixerupper · Aug 13, 2018

Wow! Nice first cutting. Around here in NWIA back in the late 80’s or early 90’s a few farmers tried direct seeding alfalfa in the spring by mixing the alfalfa seed in a sprayer tank with Treflan and spraying it on the ground. I assume they used big nozzles with no screens. The practice didn’t last long so it must not have turned out well. The one field I saw seeded that way looked OK from the road but that can be deceiving.

Philip d · Aug 13, 2018

Misprint, it was actually Friday I cut it not Saturday.

Bob Harvey · Aug 13, 2018

Are those fans there to help dry the hay ? ;^)

Philip d · Aug 13, 2018

Well they help a bit 😂

M w J · Aug 13, 2018

We had it done several times with 10/34/0 fertilizer and it worked real well . The fertilizer held
it in suspension . But when they tried with Treflan and water it was spotty as it didn't stay
suspended . That was before the dry floaters came around here .

Baled some direct seeded hay today really pleased

Philip d

Well-known Member

centash

Well-known Member

larry@stinescorner

Well-known Member

fixerupper

Well-known Member

Philip d

Well-known Member

Bob Harvey

Well-known Member

Philip d

Well-known Member

M w J

Member

Similar threads