Surely I can't be the only BK that's grown Sainfoin?
(~4 acres in the Ottawa valley, Pembroke Ont)
(Onobrychis viciafollia, less common O sativa)
The seed and innoculant is hard to find
Wedmore claims 200#/acre(honey), this is close
Yield (hay) is less than alfalfa, more than red clover
(one cut usually)
Likes lime
Seedling delicate, not as bad as trefoil
Sensitive to 24DB, don't use
Flowers as fireweed, ie almost a month
from bottom to top
If you cut late, the hay is tougher with less protein
Usually cut at full flower
It's easy to graze it to death
seed is never "naked", always in rough husk
Honey crystallizes fast and soft (not as fast as mustard/rape)
Easily ferments, be sure moisture is low
Quality is OK or better, nothing special
Makes a pile of honey (in case I was unclear)

dave

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