Korean Lespedeza for Summer Grazing and Weed Control

0:00 You.

0:15 Most of what we looked at today has been some cool season plants. This is a warm season plant that we were looking in.

0:24 Even though all the games technically are cool season plants, this is a legume that grows very well in the heat of.

0:33 Summer, this is Korean les petite. Don't confuse this, it's got some characteristics to it. I think it's.

0:49 Something that probably we should be using in annual mixtures and in perennial pastures. It does reseed itself.

1:00 Very well growing never looks tremendously impressive, but almost all of its production comes in July in.

1:16 August with a lot of other things, especially legumes, just kind of fizzled out. One of the few legumes that really

1:35 Tongue around that, pull the leaves off and get a diet of just animals are concerned. Also has a very high.

1:45 Percentage of dry matter so it's not washy or watery like a lot of other legumes. Animals get a very high dry.

1:53 Matter intake without a lot of bites off this stuff.

1:56 One other characteristic that is really.

1:59 Really unusual games and that's that. This is quite tolerant of 2,4-D, so a lot of people say, 'Well, I just want an old brass mix because I've got these weeds I need to take care of. I just got these pigweeds and I need to take care of.' If you would like to retain the flexibility of being able to spray out some of your broadleaf weeds with 2,4-D but still have a legume in the mix, this is one that can work for you. Well, then I think we ought to be using more.