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Recently I read an article that dis
cussed the affect that winter
weather can have on alfalfa yields
the following spring. The work upon
which the article was based was con
ducted at Michigan State Univer
sity.
The authors of the study note that
injury to alfalfa can be caused by
many factors. Among these factors
are temperature fluctuations, lack
of snow cover, and the persistence of
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Winter Weather Effect
On Alfalfa Stands
ice sheeting. In addition, the
weather conditions in the preceding
fall and the following spring can
also impact the winter survival of
the alfalfa stand.
Fluctuating temperatures with
highs in the 40- to 60-degree range
during winter can cause plants to
break dormancy and initiate growth
too early for normal spring develop
ment. Snow cover is usually benefi
cial from the stand point of
temperature moderation at the
crown and root zone and to protect
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the plant from extremely low tem
peratures. A rapid meltdown of
snow, followed by cold tempera
tures, can result in long-term ice
sheeting. This can cause smother
ing, as the roots must breathe over
winter, or low temperatures can
injure plants because ice has a poor
insulating value verses snow cover
or “dry” soil.
Weather conditions during the
fall hardening season have been
identified as aiding or hurting
winter survival. Long fall periods
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with sunny but cool
conditions favor
winter hardening.
Fall periods with
cloudy conditions
and warmer tem
peratures tend to de
crease plant
hardening. In early
spring, wide tem
perature fluctua-
tions are not
desirable and usu
ally contribute to
plant injury. Ideal
conditions would be
a gradual warming
of air and soil with
increasing day
length periods.
In the Michigan
study, the research
ers measured first
cut yields of alfalfa
as they related to 12
weather variables.
The researchers
used data from
moderately win
terhardy alfalfa
varieties managed in
a four-cut system,
last cut taken on
Oct. 15. Yields were
taken from variety
trial plots in the
second and third
production seasons.
Of ail the weather
variables tested,
winter temperature
fluctuations and
spring growing
degree day accumu
lation were the most
important weather
variable affecting
first cutting yields.
Fluctuations mea
sured daily air tem
peratures rising
above and failing
below 31 degrees
with less than six
inches of snow
cover.
A higher than av
erage number of
fluctuations in
winter temperatures
resulted in lower
yields and increased
spring growing
degree days im
proved yields. In
this study, the mini
mum daily winter
temperature did not
reduce first cut
yields.
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