Question About Cheat Grass--

[cedardell]

How can a good stand of alfalfa one year get completely taken over by cheat grass the next spring? My hay field looks like it was seeded down with it. Sure blows me away as to how it happened.

 

[Faster horses]

Cheatgrass is an INVADER, so it can show up anywhere and everywhere.
If you got moisture last fall, that makes it perfect for cheatgrass
this spring.

I see it showing up in our pastures now, too.

 

[Jinglebob]

We had it all over our pastures and hay ground last year. So far it looks like less cheatgrass and more weeds this year. :x

 

[Anonymous]

We had it all over our pastures and hay ground last year. So far it looks like less cheatgrass and more weeds this year. :x

Same here for weeds...

That Rock Jasmine we had did just like the weed guy said- its run its course and disapeared, but now everything including hayfields are full of fanweed and tansy mustard....

 

[Jinglebob]

We had it all over our pastures and hay ground last year. So far it looks like less cheatgrass and more weeds this year. :x

Same here for weeds...

That Rock Jasmine we had did just like the weed guy said- its run its course and disapeared, but now everything including hayfields are full of fanweed and tansy mustard....

Most of the asylium has turned red, but there is still lots of it and i think it took a lot of moisture away from the grass.

Ahh fanweed and mustard. Lovely, just lovely.

Pennycress and mustard.