Re: Help with fall seeding of grass hay

Posted by JRSutton on September 30, 2014 at 07:54:26 from (71.174.108.252):

In Reply to: Help with fall seeding of grass hay posted by Jason S. on September 30, 2014 at 06:35:51:

Can't even have this discussion unless you do a

real soil analysis.

Small money for what it'll give you.

Take several samples, send them in, you'll get

a breakdown of exactly what your soil is, and

what it wants.

Most likely scenario is you're ph is low and

(if you're fertilizing) it's not doing much

good - with low ph, your nitrogen is being

wasted.

You HAVE to have the right ph balance before

anything else, and it can take 6 months for

liming it to bring the ph up, so definitely do

it soon.

Once the ph is brought into range, you want to

add fertilizer according to the analysis

results.

Having fertile ground will make your field

explode, no matter what's in there - even weeds

:)

Adding seed at this point without verifying the

ground CAN support healthy grass is a mistake.

Not saying it doesn't need seed - just that

acid level and fertility is what makes a hay field

produce.

If the field is all timothy - that DOES need to

be reseeded every 3 years or so. But even so

- even if you really do need new seed, you'd

still need the proper ph and fertilizer levels.

This post was edited by JRSutton at 07:58:02 09/30/14.

Replies:

• Re: Help with fall seeding of grass hay Jason S. 17:34:04 09/30/14 (0)
• Re: Help with fall seeding of grass hay Jason S. 08:42:14 09/30/14 (2)
  • Re: Help with fall seeding of grass hay JRSutton 15:57:55 09/30/14 (0)
  • Re: Help with fall seeding of grass hay formenwhogrow 10:18:15 09/30/14 (0)

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