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Re: Re: little off topic, but I have alfalfa question?
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Posted by Bill Smith on July 30, 2001 at 22:40:56 from (128.242.4.59):
In Reply to: Re: little off topic, but I have alfalfa question? posted by David Saville on July 30, 2001 at 21:41:55:
I seeded it on the 10th of May and it sat for over 2 weeks without rain and then we got a pretty good one. Warshed a little on the steap ground and back sides of terraces. Silted in a little in the level areas and terrace channels. Where it washed and silted is the major area's where there isn't hardly any alfalfa at all. I used Kansas Common alfalfa seed which was relatively cheap. I bought the seed at a local coop and the bags were unlabeled. Not sure what the germination was becuase of this. I put on 8lbs to the acre. My neighbor puts on this amount and says that that amount works pretty good for him. I am wondering if the weed problem might be thinning down whats there due to the canopy and smoothering it when it is mowed off. I took this into consideration when I mowed it the first time. That is why I mowed it off as high as the sickle mower would go. The stubbel seemed to stick up through the mowed off weeds where there was alfalfa. The thinner the alfalfa the thicker the weeds though. I think the time has expired for any more sprouting since we have had adequate rain since 2 weeks after the seeding. Where the alfalfa stand is poor, is it becuase of weeds or are the weeds volunteering there becuase of no alfalfa? How much damage can weeds do to a field like this? I just really wish I knew what to do. I hate to sit here and do nothing when there is a time limit on reseeding. I may be able to save field now but maybe not later.
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