Wind Gypsy
5 year old buck +
As of right now, i'm abandoning my lick creek'ish split plot plan and going to plant the same blend on nearly all the plots with the exception of a 10' clover/chicory perimeter ring where things are more likely to be shaded. Also like the idea of perennial clover/chicory for when i have burn down the rye/clover from prior year but have young sorghum coming up for screen as an alternative because the sorghum got browsed heavily last year when young and the main plots were nuked.
I'm about to finalize order that would result in the below blend to be drilled in July into last year's rye/clover after spraying for burndown. I would follow up with 100# of rye surface broadcasted around labor day. The poundage for each is way higher than green cover seeds mix calculator would come up with and generally lower than what was used in lick creek mix or other established lick creek nock-off blends. This will receive heavy browse pressure so the rates seemed reasonable to me. Assuming AWP will largely be wiped out, forage oats will be heavily browsed (and about a month from frost kill), and clover will hardly be started by the time rye is broadcasted. Idea is that there will be sufficient rye/clover to keep things covered through the next spring/summer when i plant the following fall plots.
#/acre
Forage Oats 28
AWP 35
Radish 5
PTT 0.5
Fixation C 4
Alsike C 2
MRC 3
Thoughts or comments welcome, i'll likely finalize my order this evening.
I'm about to finalize order that would result in the below blend to be drilled in July into last year's rye/clover after spraying for burndown. I would follow up with 100# of rye surface broadcasted around labor day. The poundage for each is way higher than green cover seeds mix calculator would come up with and generally lower than what was used in lick creek mix or other established lick creek nock-off blends. This will receive heavy browse pressure so the rates seemed reasonable to me. Assuming AWP will largely be wiped out, forage oats will be heavily browsed (and about a month from frost kill), and clover will hardly be started by the time rye is broadcasted. Idea is that there will be sufficient rye/clover to keep things covered through the next spring/summer when i plant the following fall plots.
#/acre
Forage Oats 28
AWP 35
Radish 5
PTT 0.5
Fixation C 4
Alsike C 2
MRC 3
Thoughts or comments welcome, i'll likely finalize my order this evening.
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