I set aside about 6 acres to cut for haylage. It had fert in the autumn but not this spring, as it was doing well and we had no rain in March or April. Anyway, it started looking pretty yellow and stopped growing before the recent rain. It's now greened up, but is already shooting up seed heads but it's only mid calf height. I was hoping to cut in early June and then graze it after weaning.
Do I...
A. Cut it now then graze after weaning.
B. Graze it now, spread some fym (sheep and horse) then hope for a cut later on.
C. Graze it now and then spread some bagged fert and hope for a cut later
D. Graze it and give up on getting a cut off of it, spread some fym at some point.
E. Other.
Its a festulolium and clover mix. I was hoping the clover would be providing enough feed for the grass by now but it's too hungry. What would be the average difference in analysis to a decent meadow haylage cut around now?
Do I...
A. Cut it now then graze after weaning.
B. Graze it now, spread some fym (sheep and horse) then hope for a cut later on.
C. Graze it now and then spread some bagged fert and hope for a cut later
D. Graze it and give up on getting a cut off of it, spread some fym at some point.
E. Other.
Its a festulolium and clover mix. I was hoping the clover would be providing enough feed for the grass by now but it's too hungry. What would be the average difference in analysis to a decent meadow haylage cut around now?