Pea/Oat

Fertility

• Pea/Oat Mix requires approximately 20 lbs of N, 20 lbs of P₂O₅, and 45 lbs of K₂O per ton of forage produced.
• With adequate soil fertility, this grass/legume mixture should not need additional nitrogen applied.
• If soil fertility levels are low, consider applying 25 lbs of N/acre between planting and mid- to late-tillering of the oats.
• Do not exceed a total of 25 lbs/a of N+K if fertilizer is placed in-furrow.

Weed Control

• Plant into a clean, weed-free seedbed.
• If weeds are present at planting, consider applying glyphosate before or after planting, but before crop emergence to control
  existing weeds.
• There are no herbicide options to control weeds after the crop has emerged.

Disclaimer: All products and rates were provided by university-based sources and product labels. Always follow label instructions and consult your local chemical dealer and seed dealer before making any applications or planting of seed.

Harvest Management

• Hay: Cut when the oats are in the late boot through milk stages to ensure that it will cure easily.
• Haylage: Cut when the oats are in the soft dough stage. This allows the peas to form pods as well which increases the feed value.
• Pea/Oat blends are safe to graze if other harvest options become limited.
• Pea/Oat blends are commonly followed with a second forage crop such as hay millet, sorghum-sudangrass, or grazing cover crop mixtures.