Where did all the big blue stem come from?
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- Опубликовано: 9 июн 2023
- Where did all the big blue stem come from? Found a nice surprise on our bull farm where we unrolled hay. The rows of native warm season grass was breathtaking. This is another reason to unroll hay versus feeding in a bale ring.
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Always be thankful for native warm season grasses on the place.
Your excitement over good grazing grasses and desirable forbes never gets old, Greg. 😁
I droped clower seeds before easter and then grazed wild grass,now clover is coming in strong
Great content as always. That’s a beautiful part of our country. MO and IA are a paradise.
That bull farm pastures looks great Greg!
Hoping big bluestem will come in here in North Arkansas from seed bank. Would love to have some hay like that to feed on our acreage. Have seen beginnings of Eastern Gama for 2 or 3 years now. It's exciting
Thanks for the video! I thought the grass looked great when I drove by it last week. You all did a great job. I noticed here it almost takes a year for red clover to show up strong but second year look out. Safe travels!
Love it!
Looks like we’re going to get a lot of rain in the next 10 days. How about you?Predicted anyway. Still waiting to see my first bluestem here. I’m sure we have some in the seedbank but, we might buy some anyway. We are predominantly a cool season grass farm. Need more warm seasons. We are currently applying the products we discussed on the farm. Can’t wait to see the results. We’ll do a rain dance for you lol. Blessings Greg
We left for Canada, now we will get rain. It worked 3 weeks ago when we went to Arizona, we got 4.5”!!
@@gregjudyregenerativerancher So that’s the trick?!? Panama here I come!! Safe travels
Probably this grass needed the sun. The brush and tree removal made for regeneration. I bet that many other native flowers and things also loved it.
That Big Blue is probably from root stocks in the soil. No way you would get clumps that big from seeds started this spring. Whatever you did, created the right conditions for that BB to express itself.
I agree!
I was not aware that the first year big blue would have such i big clump size to it. I thought it takes a few years for that to develop
Please show the Bulls munching on that grass ❤
I’d suspect that these were remnant. Because of the size Id say the drought and the grazing opened them up. Takes this species 3 years to be this large
I tend to agree with you, funny thing is these plants were not there last fall. Previous landowner stockpiled this whole farm, not a single big blue stem plant was in the stockpiled fescue.
@@gregjudyregenerativerancher Ive seen natives sit dormant for years. Then a bit of quality grazing and/or fire and the go gangbusters.
Greg, in Northeast Nebraska it was so dry last year where I'm at that the big blue wilted a little and didn't put out hardly any seed heads. I even saved a small section and didn't graze it in the summer and that section didn't even shoot out very many seed heads. It's so dry, two out of three of our ponds are completely dried up. The one, my dad has never seen dry. We even have a spring fed crick that is all but dried up like it never even existed.
So, I guess there actually is a point at which even the big blue will wilt, I was astounded. Never seen a yucca or a compass plant dry up though.
Gosh I thought we were dry, hope you get some moisture
@@gregjudyregenerativerancher Ironically, we got 1.55 in. last night. I guess I need to comment on your videos more often!
That s awesome, good rain for you!
Trying to take on your regenerative ways coming out of a drought and starting over most of our grasses are gone and the dirt is about dead replaced by sandspurs and mesquites looking for grass mixes in Texas have always heard cows can eat to much clover and the out come is not good so what percent can be good in the mix?
Morning, Greg!
Our bluestems in South Texas are unfortunately invasive nutrient void trash. Kleberg and King Ranch bluestems here are a serious problem.
I sowed clover and I dont see much of it. I think a freeze we got late may have hurt it but maybe not.
In my experience you really don’t see it until the next year. First time I frost seeded I thought I did it wrong but I ended up with a decent stand by the next spring, and it has continued to improve since just by my not hammering it early summer.
Looks like an absolutely beautiful stand of grass. How long do you think the alfalfa will last in your area and will it be a problem for the herd? Or is it a low enough amount not to be a concern?
Low enough amount that it will not be a problem
I was wondering, are ticks an issue? I am trying to start your practices which I really like but I have a big tick issue here in Phelps county, I wouldn't be able to walk through my field like you are. Do sheep have a problem with the ticks?
Ticks don’t seem to be an issue with sheep.,we check ourselves at least 3 times a day for ticks.
Should I cut and bail my hay, leave it alone, or mow and leave in the field? I just bought a little farm north of Ozark Lake Missouri and have no cattle yet. My grass is drying out due to lack of rain. Consists of Orchard Grass, Timothy grass, and fescue and is about 1 ft High. The previous owner had zero livestock since 1993 but generally took the hay twice each summer and fertilized with turkey manure
Do not take hay off of it. Get it fenced with water put on it, then graze it. As a last resort brushog it, but do not remove hay from it.
@Greg Judy Regenerative Rancher At what point in the grass turning brown would it be best to brush hog and how high should I leave it? Thank you for the advice and all the real-world education! I'm a big fan!! From watching your videos, I suspected that would be your answer.
@@kennethmiller8415 just clip it if that’s what you have to do. Don’t freak out about it. The best time to clip is before rain. If it’s brushy clip low if you aren’t trying to wipe out shrubs clip higher. If you aren’t currently relying on it to feed stock then it’s not that big a deal.
@@swamp-yankee Thank you.
How long has this ground rested prior to you leasing it? Of course if it had pretty tall, thick brush then some years of rest.
The soil biology became more fungal and suitable for big blue.
The soil biology became more fungal and suitable for big blue.
Please don’t let the psychopaths kill your livestock.
Yep there are some goofy control freaks out there for sure. It’s about control, nothing more.