Description
| Type: | Perennial Legume | Height: | 24-32 inches |
| Usage: | Hay, Flash Grazing, Green Chop | Seeding Rate: | 22 lb/ acre
18 lb w/ 4 lb grass/ acre |
| Plant: | April-May
*Aug. 20- Sept 30th* |
- Must be Seeded on Firm (Hard) Seed Bed
- Rolling Compacts Soil to Hold Moisture for a Better Stand
- Add Boron and Sulfur to your Fertilizer
- High Requirements of Phosphate and Potash
- Lime to 6.7 – 7.5 pH Level
- Many Producers Plant with 2-4 lbs Arid Orchard Grass per acre
- Plant Late Spring Usually with Oat Cover Crop
- Plant Early Fall Usually with Wheat Cover Crop
- Watch for Alfalfa Weevil — One Spraying in Spring is a Must
- Plant 1/4” to 1/2” Deep
- Excellent Source of Protein
- Excellent Deer Plot Ingredient
- Excellent for Horse and Dairy Hay
- Well Drained Soils Highly Recommended
- Flash-Grazing Only
- Potential Nitrogen Production of 80 lb/ acre per year
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