[AT] Ok now how about George Willer?(roll call)

[charliehill]

This is what I was talking about Ralph.  I'm assuming Cecil is talking about 
the same thing.  It's a cousin of sugar cane and probably is good feed but 
it's tough and spreads and will grow well on poor land and extremely well on 
good land.  It's tough to kill it off.
http://extension.missouri.edu/publications/DisplayPub.aspx?P=G4872

Charlie

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From: "Ralph Goff" <alfg at sasktel.net>
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>> Good to hear from you Cecil.  Sounds like you're getting geared up big
>> time
>> in the hay business.  I had to laugh when I read "Johnson Grass".  I 
>> spent
>> half of my childhood trying to get rid of Johnson grass on our farm.
>> That is tough stuff.
>
> I wonder if Johnson grass is the same as what we call "twitch grass" or
> "quackgrass" here? I think it is pretty much the reason glyphosate
> herbicides were invented. Up til then the only option we had to kill this
> stubborn grass was heavy and frequent tillage. Not a good thing for soil
> erosion. Now a litre an acre of glyphosate (a.k.a. roundup) will kill as
> good or better than multiple tillage passes.
> Luckily twitch grass also makes pretty fair hay if cut early and I have 
> cut
> a few patches this year in ditches, old yards, etc. and baled it for 
> winter
> feed.
>
> Ralph in Sask.
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