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Posted by Matt Weltz on July 28, 2007 at 18:56:07 from (167.142.225.157):
We rent two small fields that total 7 acres to raise hay on. They had been in corn-bean rotation before we started renting them. We plating ouats and alfalfa and left it for five years. At the end of the five years, we ripped it up and replanted soybeans as the owner would not let us plant in corn as he was worried it would raise his corn base too high (not sure why). Anyway, the soybeans were harvested, and the field left over winter. This spring, we disked the field and planted oats and alfalfa again. The oats came up real good and thick and the alfala was coming up real thick to but then it got dry. The oats only got about a foot tall and we baled them. Right after we got the oats up, we got a couple inches or rain and then nothing for a month. Trouble is, the alfalfa is the same height now as what it was when we cut the oats and there is ALOT of grass in the field. What is the deal??? Is the inconsistency of the moisture screwing things up or is something else to blame? Can anything be done or am I going to have to rip it up and start over again next spring? Or do I just let things go and hope that the alfala will continue to grow and thicken and choke the grass out? Have never had this happen before so am looking for a little advice. Thanks! P.S. - I am in Central Iowa...
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