Has anyone had any luck overseeding a tired alfalfa stand with triticale in the early fall?

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It would be grazed in the winter and then chopped or baled in the spring.

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I’ve been doing it with spring oats with good success. I have quite a bit of triticale seed so was hoping to use it instead this year

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Absolutely! I do it every year. makes a lot of tonnage and good forage if made before head emergence.

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I can well imagine that this method should work well.

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Myself and some others in the area seed all out alfalfa to triticale each fall. Even in new healthy stands.

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I have done this with both winter rye ond/or triticale the last couple years and had good success. we have done it both with good and poor alfalfa stands, but really shines when the alfalfa stand is failing. Makes for a very good first cutting of alfalfa rye/trilticale mix.

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The first time I tried it on a thinning alfalfa stand I planted about 50 lbs of trit seed, planning on chopping the first cutting and taking the hay out.  The plans changed and I left the hay in after chopping the first, it turned out to be one of my best fields of hay. I don’t think the trit helped the tonnage all that much, but I think it helped open the soil up and bring back some diversity to the field. I did it again and then took the stand out and have done the same since on the last year of my stands with good results.

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Has anyone had any luck overseeding a tired alfalfa stand with triticale in the early fall?

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