Timothy regrowth

I have grown a couple fields of Timothy in the past with pretty good success. I was using Timothy as a single cutting hay and then killing it off after first cut and double cropping soybeans. I know this is an unconventional way of growing Timothy but I did this for a few different reasons and it worked out pretty good. One of the reasons I did this is that I was under the impression that Timothy was just a single cut hay this far south and would go dormant and not regrow for a second cutting. I figured if this was the case I was money ahead to double crop beans and replant in the fall. I got away from doing this and it has been a few years now since I have grown Timothy.

Back in early June I was bush hogging along a field edge and noticed a couple clumps of Timothy that was headed out. This was a field I had Timothy in a few years back so I know that is where it came from.....anyway the Timothy clumps got bushhogged down and I though no more of it. A couple weeks ago I was walking the field and along the edge the clumps of Timothy caught my eye. They had regrown and were headed out again.....just over knee deep. This was on the 23rd of July so about 6-7 weeks after it was mowed down. This surprised me quite a bit as I did not expect to see Timothy regrowth and definitely not heads on regrowth.

This got me to thinking that maybe Timothy will regrow and produce a second cutting here. If a whole field was like these few plants it would yield quite nicely. Thought I would post this to see in anyone else gets a second or later cutting from Timothy? Also is it normal for Timothy to head out on the regrowth? I know fescue and orchard grass does not head out on the regrowth and I would have thought that Timothy would be no different. Here are a couple pictures of the Timothy regrowth.....a little hard to see with all the surrounding other grass.

Hayden



Timothy regrowth