Posted by JDseller on August 10, 2012 at 06:49:25 from (208.126.196.144):
In Reply to: Alfalfa posted by Herald P IA on August 10, 2012 at 06:16:52:
The old stand will usually kill off any "new" seed that tries to grow. Alfalfa will naturally kill off seedlings that compete with it. That is why you need to rotate to another crop for at least a year to reseed a new stand.
I have seen alfalfa disk early in the spring and that can split the roots and make the stand thicker. My grand dad used to do it fairly regularly. He used an old drag disk and did not set the angle very sharp.
As for you guys worrying about cutting before winter. You are about 45 days early on worrying about that. That time also would be longer the further south you are. Here in Northern Iowa the last cutting date is usually mid Sept.
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