Orchard grass

Joe Styke · Jun 2, 2019

Guys,
I have an established orchard grass hay field that stand is becoming sparse. Ground is rough so thinking about ripping with tufline ripper 3-4 inches deep and over seeding with traditional grain drill.(has seed box) . Also open to suggestions about seed selection for horse hay--like presist orchard grass and thinking about Timothy or lespedezia?

showcrop · Jun 2, 2019

If you are selling it to horse people you want some timothy. If it is for yourself go strong on the orchard grass. I like bromegrass too. What I don't like about timothy is when bad weather puts you behind the timothy turns to lumber while the orchard grass keeps putting up an abundance of green leaf.

SVcummins · Jun 2, 2019

A ripper will leave not a very good seedbed you?ll get a lot of big chunks . I planted some grass in an old pasture I cut for hay I drilled it last November and this spring it?s really coming thick . I used a power harrow with a rolling basket on the back and it did a pretty good job . I think if it was me and I didn?t have a disk or anything but a ripper I?d wait until a good rain then harrow it several timers with a spike tooth harrow ,double drill it and roll it or harrow it again if Your drill doesn?t have press wheels

Orchard grass

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