Timothy or foxtail

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rick n ohio

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• Sep 6, 2020

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Can anyone tell me if this is Timothy or foxtail

 

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flying belgian

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• Sep 6, 2020

• #1

I can't judge the size of it by your picture. Could be pigeon grass.

 

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jal-SD

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• Sep 6, 2020

• #1

Looks like what we call "pigeon" grass in our part of the world.

 

casecollectorsc

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E central SD.

• Sep 6, 2020

• #1

Foxtail, pigeon grass....if cattle eat too much may cause bloat.

 

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mjbrown

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• Sep 6, 2020

• #1

Looks like foxtail. Definitely not timothy. It's not good for horses and cattle. The awns are sharp and poke into their gums and such.

 

rustred

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• Sep 6, 2020

• #1

its not timothy, dont look like fox tail either unless different variety then we have.

 

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Mark-Ia

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• Sep 6, 2020

• #1

Foxtail

 

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Bob Bancroft

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Aurora NY

• Sep 6, 2020

• #1

Foxtail. Each one of those little round green beads is a seed.

 

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DeltaSteve

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• Sep 6, 2020

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We call that wild millet. Foxtail is different.

 

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rick n ohio

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• Sep 6, 2020

• #1

I agree its foxtail I'm about ready to give up selling hay first it got hemp dogbane and now this stuff by the time you fertilize and try to spray for weeds it doesn't leave much of a profit if any just might start brushhogging couple times a year and be done with it

 

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Bob Bancroft

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Aurora NY

• Sep 6, 2020

• #1

No wonder there's such confusion. I just looked up foxtail. They show lots of different looking plants! Your head is called foxtail in NY.

 

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MJMJ

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• Sep 6, 2020

• #1

There are many, many types of foxtail. Thats one of them.

 

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Traditional Farmer

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Virginia

• Sep 6, 2020

• #1

Don't spray just bale up what grows and sell it in the Winter let the buyer look it over.I have a lady hay customer that #1 thing is no sprays or chemicals been on the hay buys about 50 bales a year lately.I get $50 a bale and that is about $40 a bale profit since I get the land I cut the hay on for free.Not all hay customers have Weed Psychosis.

 

onefarmer

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6735 S Lowell Rd, St Johns, Mi 48879

• Sep 6, 2020

• #1

Looks like what I'd call yellow foxtail

 

Goose

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• Sep 6, 2020

• #1

Looks like foxtail to me.

 

showcrop

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• Sep 6, 2020

• #1

Around here it is foxtail.

 

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Northvale PA

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• Sep 6, 2020

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Looks like millet. Miller is smaller than Foxtail. If you cut before it starts heading out, hay looks great. Afterwards the stalks are thin and hard to dry. Yellows quickly. I hate it in my 3rd cut alfalfa grass mix.

 

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M w J

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• Sep 6, 2020

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It is a kind of foxtail around here we call that one pigeon grass.

 

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Greenfrog

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• Sep 6, 2020

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On something like this, just google Timothy plant and foxtail , click on images, and each is easily identified and comparisons can be made.

 

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Greenfrog

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• Sep 6, 2020

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By the way, it is definitely foxtail. You don’t want it.

 

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504

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• Sep 6, 2020

• #1

Bale it and sell it.

 

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Northvale PA

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• Sep 7, 2020

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Looks like millet. Miller is smaller than Foxtail. If you cut before it starts heading out, hay looks great. Afterwards the stalks are thin and hard to dry. Yellows quickly. I hate it in my 3rd cut alfalfa grass mix.

 

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MJMJ

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• Sep 7, 2020

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While Im sure its known as millet in some areas, its not millet ir millet grass. Its a type of foxtail.

 

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caterpillar guy

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• Sep 7, 2020

• #1

I can definitely say it is not timothy. Looks like foxtail to me.