Planted Corn in Standing Alfalfa

[Obsessed]

So, mid April, I scatter seeded corn into my alfalfa stand, (which was pretty short at the time), and ran a disc over it. The corn gemination rate was better than I anticipated, and it's nearly as tall as the alfalfa, (which is about ready to be cut).

My idea is to not cut / bale it this year, if the corn continues to grow, and just bale it all for silage late this winter or early next spring.

My concern is that the alfalfa is extremely thick and looks like it will shade and smother out the corn from this point on.

Has anyone else done this, and if so, what were your results?

Worst case scenario is the corn is snuffed out and I bale as usual.

 

[hillrunner]

I'd expect the corn to be snuffed out.

 

[Sligh1]

Agree on above. Corn is one of the most weed-sensitive plants out there. U might get a little extra tonnage on bailing at most IMO.

 

[Obsessed]

Yeah, dang, your responses echo my thoughts. Oh well. It was worth it to me to experiment, and success is still a slight possibility.

Corn started peaking out over the alfalfa yesterday afternoon, and the alfalfa won't get much taller than it is.

Thanks for your feedback.