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What is the easiest hay to grow? I would like to sprinkle seeds and leave them be.
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Depends very much on where you are located.
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What is your soil type, annual rainfall and climate zone?
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I have clay-ish soil I am in southern Colorado and get very much rain in the spring but it starts to get dryer in the summer
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@Latestarter do you have any suggestions for a fellow Colorado homesteader?
I found this for you.
http://www.ext.colostate.edu/sam/forage-guide.pdf
Around here, it is so hot, the most favored grass is Bermuda and Bahia.
I found this for you.
http://www.ext.colostate.edu/sam/forage-guide.pdf
Around here, it is so hot, the most favored grass is Bermuda and Bahia.
Greetings @Little homestead from up north of Denver on the front range. Welcome to BYH!
The guide that Bay linked is excellent for information and guidance. I'm not familiar with your soils there, or how large an area you're trying to develop, so can't really help much... If you have a farm & garden center nearby or sometime animal feed stores have folks to help, you could ask them what local farmers use for pasture seeding. I know our Ace hardware in Brighton is attached to Agfinity and they carry all kinds of seed mixes for whatever you're trying to accomplish. You might consider contacting your county extension agent for assistance. He/she can most likely provide assistance or direct you to the right folks to help you. You can contact the source of the link document as well at Colorado State university and see if they can help.
I wish you luck and progress.
The guide that Bay linked is excellent for information and guidance. I'm not familiar with your soils there, or how large an area you're trying to develop, so can't really help much... If you have a farm & garden center nearby or sometime animal feed stores have folks to help, you could ask them what local farmers use for pasture seeding. I know our Ace hardware in Brighton is attached to Agfinity and they carry all kinds of seed mixes for whatever you're trying to accomplish. You might consider contacting your county extension agent for assistance. He/she can most likely provide assistance or direct you to the right folks to help you. You can contact the source of the link document as well at Colorado State university and see if they can help.
I wish you luck and progress.
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Thanks everyone! This was my first thread and you all are very helpful!
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This may not be for you but we had the Co-op come out and take soil samples for analysis at Uneversity of Tennessee. There was no charge since we had them come out with several tons of lime and fertilizer. Even over winter our cool weather grasses grew like crazy.
Lime huh? You have acidic soils there? We used lime a lot when I was up in New England (lots of pine trees/needles).
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Well at TSC I found seeds for an all purpose forage for horses and sheep, do you think this would be o.k. For my goats?
