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I have always cut new seeding alfalfa- oats when the oats start to turn and there are a few blooms in the alfalfa plants. I have not had any problems with nitrates doing this so far. A neighbor whom I offered to buy his new seeding hay from took a test sample of forty plants to the local county extension office. The guy told him he should cut it now even though a lot of the oats are just starting to come out of the boot. He also stated that the longer he left it the more stressed the oats would be and the higher the nitrates. This goes against everything I was taught so I wondered what you guys would have to say.
Thanks in advance
cowboyup