littlejoe
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I seeded some oats for hay really early. Some was morgan, when I ran out of morgan, I found some otana.
Really weird spring, sat there a long time, then got hot and dry, tried to head out at about 6" on up. Then it started raining and I also got water running and flood irrigated it.
Cutting it now, it's from headed out--early, not even milk in kernels---to boot stage. It's uneven, some over reel of swather, down to maybe 16". Real thick and green. It's real heavy soil and holds lots of water and has just dryed enuf to hay.
So---what do I do next? How much will it regrow? enuf to make another cutting? I thought about stubbling some millet or sudan/sordan grass into it? Should I roundup the oats out? Graze the regrowth?
We get killing frost from about sept 15 to early oct.
Any input appreciated. thanks.
Really weird spring, sat there a long time, then got hot and dry, tried to head out at about 6" on up. Then it started raining and I also got water running and flood irrigated it.
Cutting it now, it's from headed out--early, not even milk in kernels---to boot stage. It's uneven, some over reel of swather, down to maybe 16". Real thick and green. It's real heavy soil and holds lots of water and has just dryed enuf to hay.
So---what do I do next? How much will it regrow? enuf to make another cutting? I thought about stubbling some millet or sudan/sordan grass into it? Should I roundup the oats out? Graze the regrowth?
We get killing frost from about sept 15 to early oct.
Any input appreciated. thanks.