Oklahoma State University
Stillwater, OK

Oklahoma Alfalfa
Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service
Oklahoma Agricultural Experiment Station

ALFALFACTS
(Seed Production)

 
Seeds are mature about 4 weeks after pollination of an alfalfa flower, and it takes another 3 weeks to dry. If an alfalfa field blooms for 3 weeks, that's about 10 weeks from first bloom to seed harvest. To harvested seed in mid August, alfalfa should be cut about May 15.

 

CUT
HAY 

PLANTS GROW 
1st BLOOM
 

3 WEEKS BLOOMING & POLLINATING| 


SEED SETTING


SEED MATURING 

 

PODS DRYING 
HARVEST SEED 

May 15

wpe18.jpg (6035 bytes)

June 14

wpe18.jpg (6035 bytes)

July 5

wpe18.jpg (6035 bytes)

July 26

wpe18.jpg (6035 bytes)

August 16

 

John Caddel, Forage Agronomist 
Department of Plant and Soil Sciences 
Oklahoma State University
 

Previous Page