Establishment year alfalfa???

[Sheepwheat]

Thanks folks for all the input. I appreciate the real life results and experiences for sure.

[Taiga]

Never get a cut off establishment alfalfa here in my area of the Peace, is unthinkable. Is still only 8” high by fall. Yes there are weeds the first year and I use to stress about it, but they are gone the second year when the alfalfa chokes everything out. First year is all root production, top growth starts the second year. Seed it and don’t even look at it until the next year is the mantra here. Takes 3 years to kill any Canada thistle patches under mowing/haying conditions. Like to go 8 years production on a hay field then back to grain for 2 to kill the smooth brome that creeps in. We only get one cut/year here too.