WS HIFI Brand Alfalfa (w/Apex™ Green)
WS HIFI Brand Alfalfa (w/Apex™ Green) is a newer, exciting high quality alfalfa bred for reduced lignin content for improved palatability and digestibility.
WS HIFI alfalfa scored some of the top forage quality ratings in the market in 2015. Excellent choice for the dairy farmer looking for highly digestible hay.
WS HIFI Alfalfa is an untreated/non-gmo alfalfa pre-inoculated and coated with an OMRI listed inoculant and coating.
*Details on seed coatings, inoculations and our OMRI certificate are available on our Resources Page.
OMRI Listed
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Establishment
Plant Alfalfa at 1/4″ depth in a soil bed that is moist, fertile and firm and at least 1/2″ depth on sandy soils.
Alfalfa prefers crumbly silt loam to sandy loam textures, but alfalfa will grow well on most deep, well-drained soils with adequate internal and surface drainage.
The pH level for alfalfa should be 6.5-7.2.
Alfalfa may be planted in spring or early fall.
*Do not harvest alfalfa seeded in late summer/early fall until the following spring.
*Alfalfa will die if the soil is saturated for an extended period.
Management
For maximum yields, it is important to have 20-30 plants per square foot during the seedling year for protection against weed competition.
Apply lime and fertilizer as needed.
Alfalfa is a heavy Potash user, some micronutrient supplements would be beneficial (boron, sulfur, zinc).
First year seedings should be cut at 25% bloom.
Cut alfalfa three-four times a year from budding to full flower, depending on forage quality needed.
The last cutting or grazing of Alfalfa should be 4 weeks before the killing frost.