SWIFFY
5 year old buck +
After winter seeding my switch last year and having the trouble with invasive weeds this year i've been thinking....
Ive read, and experienced, so much good from fall seeding Rye. Using it as a nurse crop, spring food source, soil health weed control... the list goes on.
Here's the scenario im thinking about...
I have plots currently in corn/beans that are mostly "clean". I'm thinking of seeding them down heavy now with rye to prepare for next years no-till planting. EXCEPT this winter in February I would broadcast NWSG into the corn/bean stubble. Next spring the rye will come in and keep the weeds at bay (while providing other benefits), then before the rye comes to seed I will roll it down allowing my young, warm season switch to grow on the rest of the summer in a thatch filled, weed free environment!
Has anyone thought of trying this or tried it??? It almost sounds too good to be true? So what am i missing? Your thoughts?
-SWIF
Ive read, and experienced, so much good from fall seeding Rye. Using it as a nurse crop, spring food source, soil health weed control... the list goes on.
Here's the scenario im thinking about...
I have plots currently in corn/beans that are mostly "clean". I'm thinking of seeding them down heavy now with rye to prepare for next years no-till planting. EXCEPT this winter in February I would broadcast NWSG into the corn/bean stubble. Next spring the rye will come in and keep the weeds at bay (while providing other benefits), then before the rye comes to seed I will roll it down allowing my young, warm season switch to grow on the rest of the summer in a thatch filled, weed free environment!
Has anyone thought of trying this or tried it??? It almost sounds too good to be true? So what am i missing? Your thoughts?
-SWIF