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Western Oregon | We went from cold wet weather to the 90 in two days. That triticale just exploded in growth. I haven't been watching it as close as I should have as we are in a big rush to plant corn. Usually chop silage before planting corn but the cold weather delayed everything.
I thought perhaps if I cut the stuff in April it would grow back. This is only the second year we have grown triticale. It does not combine as easy as the seed salesman said.
We ended up combining really late in the summer due to combine problems. By that time it had rained a little. The tops of the seed heads became really brittle and some actually broke off. So, it pretty much reseeded itself. Which strangely enough, did better than what I planted!
I'm leaning towards chopping the stuff tomorrow. It will be gone. Dairy guy will be happy. Fellow who wants it for hay for his cows will not be. But then he is a little hard to plaease anyway... | |
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Triticale for hay or silage or seed
