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    Cold and Dry and Trying to Die

    German millet has done very well for me in dry years. If you get enough moisture to get it up it produces. Only failure I've had was a couple years ago army worms destroyed it.
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    Wheat and austrian peas for hay

    Thanks for the replys. I'm list in zone 6B also. I'm going to give peas a try this fall. What seeding rates do you use with fall planting?
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    Wheat and austrian peas for hay

    I've been thinking about trying this combination this fall. Will the peas do well in this region? I'm about 40 minutes west of Blacksburg. Also how does tritical compare with wheat for hay? Thanks for all replies
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    When to Fertilize

    Finished today. Would like to get a little rain now. Probably going the mature before we get weather to bale
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    Hay Unrolling Question

    I have been doing something like this the past several years. I roll hay out on the pastures unless it gets wet enough that the ground is being torn up really badly. When this happens I feed the in the paddock. Once the grass begins to green up I will fasten them in the paddock until the grass...
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    Pasture/Rain

    Grass is gone here. Started feeding hay this week.
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    sand briers

    That looks like what I have. I'll spray it next summer. I hate those things. Thanks for the help
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    sand briers

    Horse nettle is the proper name. As long as I can remember everyone around here has called them sandbriers
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    sand briers

    What gives you the best results? I have read the best results come from mowing every 4 weeks to stress the plant. Then spray a month before frost. I have a 6 pasture rotation. To mow every month I would cut a lot of grass that will likely be needed later. On the other hand if its not mowed it'll...
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    First Cutting

    Same here. about 50 acres left to cut.
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    German Millet

    I wasn't aware of the army worms but after looking them up and reading an article from VT (link posted below) it looks like what happened. Do you think the wet weather may have contributed to the infestation? I have never seen anything like it before. Thanks for all the help and info...
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    German Millet

    Last summer I put our 9 acres of german millet. It was a good thick stand and growing well. It cleared the boot and was getting ready to cut when I looked at it. I was 5 days finishing second cutting on another place. When I came back to mow there was nothing but stems. Not a head or blade to be...
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