hey guys, i have been reading OG and found that you can grow Lurcren and cut it down as use at mulch like you can do it for hay. just trying to work out how much i would need just to mulch all my gardens.

been told that if you don’t cut it too short, it will continue producing, and re-grow in warm season after stopping growth during the cold. it has very long roots, and so helps aerate the soil deep down.

i would hazard a guesstimate and say that it would take 5m x 5m, to get one of those bunnings packages of lucerne. 2-3 months to grow the mulch?

aquarium said:

been told that if you don’t cut it too short, it will continue producing, and re-grow in warm season after stopping growth during the cold. it has very long roots, and so helps aerate the soil deep down.

i would hazard a guesstimate and say that it would take 5m x 5m, to get one of those bunnings packages of lucerne. 2-3 months to grow the mulch?

so i would be best to have a few plots on the grow i can make different areas for it in the paddock if i need to.

good idea VG. Might as well give it a go seeing you have the space. Having a few plots on the go and cropping on a rotating basis sounds like a good way to go.

bluegreen said:

good idea VG. Might as well give it a go seeing you have the space. Having a few plots on the go and cropping on a rotating basis sounds like a good way to go.

yep, just go to see if dad will let me, ill ask when he gets back.

Lucerne is a deep rooted perennial and can exist for many years though the average most farmers cut hay from it is ten years.

There is lucerne growing here on an ex-farm now a housing development. It is twenty odd years since the farmer planted that lucerne and it is still there(where there are no houses). So yep, just keep on mowing it.