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Fall Stand Evaluations
Now is the time to evaluate your alfalfa stands and decide which alfalfa fields should be rotated to another crop next season. Alfalfa stands should be routated out oproduction based on...
Oct 06, 2022
Pick 3 (or more) representative 2-square foot locations (1 ft x 2 ft) in the field to check these 3 things:
Length of tallest stem | Stage of most mature stem | ||
Vegetative | Bud | Flower | |
(inches) | RFV | ||
16 | 237 | 225 | 210 |
17 | 230 | 218 | 204 |
18 | 224 | 212 | 198 |
19 | 217 | 207 | 193 |
20 | 211 | 201 | 188 |
21 | 205 | 196 | 183 |
22 | 200 | 190 | 178 |
23 | 195 | 185 | 174 |
24 | 190 | 181 | 170 |
25 | 185 | 176 | 166 |
26 | 180 | 172 | 162 |
27 | 175 | 168 | 158 |
28 | 171 | 164 | 154 |
29 | 167 | 160 | 151 |
30 | 163 | 156 | 147 |
31 | 159 | 152 | 144 |
32 | 155 | 149 | 140 |
33 | 152 | 145 | 137 |
34 | 148 | 142 | 134 |
35 | 145 | 139 | 131 |
36 | 142 | 136 | 128 |
37 | 138 | 133 | 126 |
38 | 135 | 130 | 123 |
39 | 132 | 127 | 121 |
40 | 129 | 124 | 118 |