While I'm waiting for the snow to melt around here, I've been doing some reading about various grasses and legume varieties. It is interesting the trade-offs in growing different varieties from end use to time to cut/dry to insect problems.
Timothy - one, maybe two cuts. Cereal rust mites can require spraying.
Clover - high protein, can make a horse slobber.
Alfalfa - high protein, may be plagued with blister beatles, which I gather is not good for horses.
Fescue - robust, high yields, great for cows - horse folks don't seem to care for it.
The above are some grasses, legumes that are in a 60 mile radius of me.
There is one other - orchard grass.
Is this the best all round variety of hay one can grow? Good yields, cows/horses owner's like it. Mixes well with some red clover, doesn't require any insect spraying (correct me on this if I'm wrong) - aside from lime and fertilizer demands, pretty much a maintenance free hay?
What is your opinion of orchard grass?
Thanks!
Bill
Orchard Grass - The Best All Round Hay????
Timothy - one, maybe two cuts. Cereal rust mites can require spraying.
Clover - high protein, can make a horse slobber.
Alfalfa - high protein, may be plagued with blister beatles, which I gather is not good for horses.
Fescue - robust, high yields, great for cows - horse folks don't seem to care for it.
The above are some grasses, legumes that are in a 60 mile radius of me.
There is one other - orchard grass.
Is this the best all round variety of hay one can grow? Good yields, cows/horses owner's like it. Mixes well with some red clover, doesn't require any insect spraying (correct me on this if I'm wrong) - aside from lime and fertilizer demands, pretty much a maintenance free hay?
What is your opinion of orchard grass?
Thanks!
Bill
Orchard Grass - The Best All Round Hay????
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