Garry Rausch wrote:Should the hay field that has not been cut the second time in the same year be brush hog before winter
It really depends where a person lives. If they are in northern lattitudes like where I live here in Maine, the biggest thing to watch out for is that there is suffecient height of the sward to survive through winter. For instance I never plant grass after August 1st otherwise its roots would not be established enough to survive the winter.
I have cut fields in September for my second crop with no problem, but cutting it in October stunted its growth the next year!
Timothy is a strange type of grass though. While Cut and Drop is a great method, it does not work so well for Timothy, but if your field is teeming with 100% Timothy, there is no real reason to use Cut and Drop either; you already have a nice field.