Sowing Alfalfa
Categories: Grains and Forage CropsWhat is the proper time to sow alfalfa? Some advocate fall and others
spring sowing. What seasons are given for each sowing?
We shall undoubtedly soon get to sowing alfalfa all the year round
except in the short season of sharp frosts and cold wet ground in
November, December and January. If you can get a good start in September
and October, all right; if not, wait until February and March, according
to the season. Where it is never very cold or wet, sow whenever moisture
is right. There never can be any rule about it, for localities will
differ.
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