Weeds in Westerwolds

[Bruce Almighty]

We sowed 22 acres Westerwolds on 3rd April, we've never grown it before.
After the rain in May it established well.
It's almost ready for first cut, but there is a lot of redshank and knotgrass in the bottom of it and a few other weeds.
I know I should've sprayed it but it's too late now
Will it taint the silage ?
It can either be clamped or baled.
When would be a realistic 2nd cut date if we first cut later this week ?
Thanks

 

[davidroberts30]

get it reasonably dry and you wont notice the weeds
you wont see many of them after cutting

 

[neilo]

I have a field of Westerwolds, RC and annual clovers that was drilled in early May that has stacks of similar weeds in it. I looked at topping it to kill the weeds this morning, but there’s too much there so reverted to plan A. I will mow it off for a light silage cut next week and hope it comes back cleaner.

A friend had a field of IRG and RC that had a stack of fat hen in it. He baled it and the bales analysed at about 28% protein iirc. He’d left it quite late though, so there were a lot of stalks left to clear from the racks.
Fathen was originally a Roman forage crop, so I wouldn’t be too concerned about a bit of it in silage. It shouldn’t come back after mowing off.

 

[cotswoldcs]

They're not weeds, they're these fancy modern herbs you pay extra for. Will make your neighbours jealous.

 

[Hummin-Cummins]

They're not weeds, they're these fancy modern herbs you pay extra for. Will make your neighbours jealous.

Yeah just a new variety called “Clamp buster”