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Anyone ever use this stuff? I picked these two jars up today at the local Co-Op and figured I would give it a shot to see how it does this late in the season. Or should I just wait till next year?
Any recommendations as to what needs to be done to the ground for this stuff?

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Thanks in advance
 
No one.

Can anyone at least give me some pointers on the best methods for planting and maintaining this stuff?
 
Alfalfa is not the easiest crop to grow. You will need a well drained spot. Alfalfa does not like standing water. It is best to start with a sub-moister plow due to the fact that the roots will go as deep as 4 ft. A soil sample is a must and do what it says! Then the ground needs to be worked up real fine with no clods at all. Run cultipacker over the ground to firm it up. Sow the seed at the recommended rate and only cultipack the seed in. Do not cover the seed very deep! Hope for rain that does not wash the ground till it gets established. It will erode easy because of how fine and smooth it is worked.
 
HOOK said:
First off you don't have enogh seed there to establish anything.
I would recommend you do some on-line research...which is something you should have done before you wasted your money on small jars of seed. Here is a good place to start. https://utextension.tennessee.edu/publi ... PB1769.pdf
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Well, sorry I asked! And just to enlighten YOU; I bought small jars because they do a 1/4 acre according to the jar. My spot is only 20'x50', so you do the math. Also, I have done online research, but I figured this being a VERY helpful environment to get HELP. I would ask folks who have personal experience!

But hey, thanks for the link, but I have already read the entire .pdf!
 
DWM said:
Alfalfa is not the easiest crop to grow. You will need a well drained spot. Alfalfa does not like standing water. It is best to start with a sub-moister plow due to the fact that the roots will go as deep as 4 ft. A soil sample is a must and do what it says! Then the ground needs to be worked up real fine with no clods at all. Run cultipacker over the ground to firm it up. Sow the seed at the recommended rate and only cultipack the seed in. Do not cover the seed very deep! Hope for rain that does not wash the ground till it gets established. It will erode easy because of how fine and smooth it is worked.
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This is exactly what I was looking for. Thank you for your help. I wasn't sure about the Alfalfa, which is the main reason I asked. I guess I should have been more specific.
 
Not sure how much you have, but you only need around 4 pounds to the acre for clover, but I think alfalfa is maybe 10-15 per acre or maybe more (can't remember). We plant both and contrary to what most told us about alfalfa we have had great success with it. It actually might be the most preferred food source by our deer and it will last 3-4 years if kept up.

As far as a seed bed for both. Without going into a lot of detail you need to have a weedless and cultipacted seed bed before broadcasting. After broadcasting run cultipacker over it one more time. For a wildlife use Clover and alfalfa are very similar regarding planting and maintenance.
 
Truedouble said:
and it will last 3-4 years if kept up.
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If properly maintained you should get 8+ years easy. I have had some last as long as 12. But this was an ag field not a food plot and it was cut on time and kept fertilized and limed.
 
I was not trying to be difficlut for you just up-front. Long story short a few ounces of seed in a jar wont do 1/4 acre.
Seeding rate for alfalfa is 20 pounds an acre. Therefore a 1/4 acre you would need 5 pounds. You only have a few ounces in that jar. Clover-- I dont know what's in your jar bacause it says its a blend but typicaly blends typically go for about 7 pounds per acre so you would need around 2 pounds of seed...and these are rates for properly prepared soil. Homework- research. That's the best advice I can give anyone. If that offended you....tough.
 

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