Clover seed before the storm.

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Anybody throw clover seed down before the storm this weekend. I have maybe an inch or two and a few bare spots. This is my backyard, so I can spread any day more or less.

Dutch white if it matters.

 

[RGrizzzz]

Anybody throw clover seed down before the storm this weekend. I have maybe an inch or two and a few bare spots. This is my backyard, so I can spread any day more or less.

Dutch white if it matters.

Too early.

 

[Derek Reese 29]

i had thought about spreading some lime on one of my fields as it is bare ground right now but never got around to it...agree its probably about 3 weeks to a month too early for frost seeding

 

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i had thought about spreading some lime on one of my fields as it is bare ground right now but never got around to it...agree its probably about 3 weeks to a month too early for frost seeding

Wanted to spread lime, got 1 ton of barn lime bags in the garage. Now its going to have 2 feet of snow by tomorrow.

I liked the food plot and existing tree orchard spots twice last year 1/2 ton and 1/3 ton acre march and august.

Got a new row of 8-10 g890's I am putting in by my crossbow blind. Probably going in August or September, will be in rootmaker pots until then. PRobably do 2 tons / acre. and a 1/3 ton acre until I'm out of bags around stuff. Need to use pelletized and broadcast around my 2017 or so planted white spruces. $7.50 a 40lb bag.

 

[farmlegend]

Snow too deep for me. Quad kept getting stuck today, walking a challenge.

 

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Waiting for most of this snow to melt, not anytime soon. Hoping to at least get the seed in the freezer. Could put it in the garage possibly.

Pruning the apple trees in next few days, so that'll be rough enough in the snow. Not much ladder work needed though.

Definitely want to get some seed down, I sprayed clethodim on the grass in the fall to tame back the broadleaf to grass ratio to let some clover grow. Got the lawn weedy alot of plantain in there.

 

[Derek Reese 29]

Heres a question ive been tossing around...for liming, if I am going to lightly till (max 3" depth)..is it better to get my lime down earlier (as in as soon as the ground is not covered in snow and I get ahold of the lime) or is it better to wait and lime it the day of tilling just prior to the tilling taking place? I assume its get it down sooner then let the tilling help it get down to root level, but was wondering about everyone's view on this...

 

[RGrizzzz]

Heres a question ive been tossing around...for liming, if I am going to lightly till (max 3" depth)..is it better to get my lime down earlier (as in as soon as the ground is not covered in snow and I get ahold of the lime) or is it better to wait and lime it the day of tilling just prior to the tilling taking place? I assume its get it down sooner then let the tilling help it get down to root level, but was wondering about everyone's view on this...

Lime takes time to dissolve/react with the soil. Generally the sooner the better.

 

[Maddog66]

I’m getting ready to plant alfalfa this year and also only doing 3-4” tillage. I’m doing both. I surface broadcast 1t per acre last fall. That will get tilled in during preparation this spring. I’ll then test the soil and just before planting I’m going to hit it with another 1t if needed.

I try to always have a pile of ag lime at my place at all times.

 

[Bowsnbucks]

Heres a question ive been tossing around...for liming, if I am going to lightly till (max 3" depth)..is it better to get my lime down earlier (as in as soon as the ground is not covered in snow and I get ahold of the lime) or is it better to wait and lime it the day of tilling just prior to the tilling taking place? I assume its get it down sooner then let the tilling help it get down to root level, but was wondering about everyone's view on this...

Our sons helped me throw (literally, by hand) pelletized lime on top of snow some years ago. It was on a fallow field that had mosses, and some kind of gray, wire-y grass in it. Snow melt took it down into the soil - it got no tillage. That spring, native "wild" clover popped up where none had ever grown before - it wasn't seeded. I don't know what that says or proves - but it taught me earlier is better. Snow can be a friend for liming.

 

[RGrizzzz]

Our sons helped me throw (literally, by hand) pelletized lime on top of snow some years ago. It was on a fallow field that had mosses, and some kind of gray, wire-y grass in it. Snow melt took it down into the soil - it got no tillage. That spring, native "wild" clover popped up where none had ever grown before - it wasn't seeded. I don't know what that says or proves - but it taught me earlier is better. Snow can be a friend for liming.

It tells you that pH can impact on the success of different native/existing species.

 

[Bowsnbucks]

It tells you that pH can impact on the success of different native/existing species.

Other camp members thought that field was a lost cause. I tried the hand-thrown lime as a "what-the-heck" trial. The snow did all the work getting it into the soil. I believe you're up in the same country as our camp, Grizzzz. ----- NC, right?

 

[RGrizzzz]

Other camp members thought that field was a lost cause. I tried the hand-thrown lime as a "what-the-heck" trial. The snow did all the work getting it into the soil. I believe you're up in the same country as our camp, Grizzzz. ----- NC, right?

Yup. Lime has made a difference on our soils. Now, if we could just avoid some of the droughts.

 

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Im a bit torn on winter liming. Earlier is better. But, when you get a spring rain, can it wash away. The ground is more or less frozen. Even more so on banks.

Farmers do it when they can. The winter. So maybe its not a big deal.

liming during planting time....... Done plenty of times, no worries about burning plants. I've even mixed in clover with lime and fertilizer spreading, comes right up. I've even mixed clover with fertilizer and lime and have it sit for a few weeks in the bag. Not the best care, but it came up though.

Done many times in agriculture, mixing oats with potash and spreading. Even sitting in the barn for months like that too.

Before I bought a solo 421 spreader, mixing with pelletized lime was my method to get a even spread with small seeds.

 

[KY wild]

I sowed clover on top of snow in several fields yesterday. I have great luck doing this in the past even getting a good stand of clover in cow pastures with thick fescue. I am considerably farther south than most of you so I understand the too early up North but Feb. has proven great for me. I like it because I can space my side by side perfect from snow tracks and see my spread by looking at the snow. I covered six fields ranging from 1/4 to 1.5 acres. My local Southern States stocks large selection and sells by the pound pretty reasonable so I buy large variety hoping the ground likes something and end up with good stand. I mixed and spread, Ladina, White Dutch, Med Red, Crimson, Alsike, Alyce, Balansa and Arrowleaf. The clover ranged from $3.50 to $5.00 a pound.