knabe
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here's some pics of different stages of pasture improvement.
pic1 too much clover. it can take over rather quickly, so be careful so don't be concerned about low % in seed.
pic2 california blue rye. with just a little water, this can grow 3-5 feet high, it's a native perrennial, and nothing grows under it's canopy. it's next to annual weedy grasses. i am spreading it through seed
pic 3 purple needle grass, another bunch grass native next to weedy annual grasses that are at FULL height. the needlegrass will continue to abou double in height and is a very efficient water user
pic 4 close up of patch of sucra seed tetraploid perrenial rye grass, only broadcast and covered with manure and watered twice during fall. ungrazed
pic 5 here's a pic a transition to the sucra grass. the annual weedy grasses in the front are almost full height. you can see where i moved the fence to. it used to extend from the tree on the left. where that line is, is where the sucra grass starts. notice the one clump of orchard grass in front.
pic 6 this is where i planted melons last year and was only dug up and manure incorporated. it's wild oats, foxtail. notice the broadleaves curling and dying. that's filaree. it is prostrate and crowds out grasses rather quickly. some cattlemen like it as it is relatively high in N, 10-20%???
pic1 too much clover. it can take over rather quickly, so be careful so don't be concerned about low % in seed.
pic2 california blue rye. with just a little water, this can grow 3-5 feet high, it's a native perrennial, and nothing grows under it's canopy. it's next to annual weedy grasses. i am spreading it through seed
pic 3 purple needle grass, another bunch grass native next to weedy annual grasses that are at FULL height. the needlegrass will continue to abou double in height and is a very efficient water user
pic 4 close up of patch of sucra seed tetraploid perrenial rye grass, only broadcast and covered with manure and watered twice during fall. ungrazed
pic 5 here's a pic a transition to the sucra grass. the annual weedy grasses in the front are almost full height. you can see where i moved the fence to. it used to extend from the tree on the left. where that line is, is where the sucra grass starts. notice the one clump of orchard grass in front.
pic 6 this is where i planted melons last year and was only dug up and manure incorporated. it's wild oats, foxtail. notice the broadleaves curling and dying. that's filaree. it is prostrate and crowds out grasses rather quickly. some cattlemen like it as it is relatively high in N, 10-20%???