Frostseeding Plantain

[farmlegend]

Have some multi-species cover crop ground that’s taking it’s time in getting the dirt well aggregated, three years into it. Soils are in degraded long-term row crop ground, on the clayish side, tending to be wet.

I’ve had great success frostseeding clover here in southern Michigan, usually do so in March. Does anyone think it would work to frostseed plantain into this plot?

 

[SD51555]

Have some multi-species cover crop ground that’s taking it’s time in getting the dirt well aggregated, three years into it. Soils are in degraded long-term row crop ground, on the clayish side, tending to be wet.

I’ve had great success frostseeding clover here in southern Michigan, usually do so in March. Does anyone think it would work to frostseed plantain into this plot?

Fall plant it. You've got lots of time to do it yet.

 

[farmlegend]

Fall plant it. You've got lots of time to do it yet.

Thanks SD. There’s an existing cover crop in there now, I’ll try boadcasting plantain seed into it mixed with some cereal grain.

Will reserve some seed to experiment with frostseeding next March in another zone and report back on how it works out.

 

[farmlegend]

To update, none of the plantain I broadcast in early September showed up. But neither did most of the other seed that went out with it; we had essentially zero rain from early August until mid-late October. Will conduct a frostseeding experiment come March.

 

[bigboreblr]

I got tons of natural plantain. I hand picked a bunch of seed a few years back to plant at camp around the cabin yard, parklot, and trails. I will frost seed. Yuo may have frost sseded already in september.

Frost seeding works, it is not the most effect. Plat copetition, animals feeding on early greenup, and successive frosts killing young plants. Preparing a bed, or spraying gly then crimping in, will be best. I've done spring, fall, and frost seed with success at camp. Both english and common plantain. Boston or the few other forge types is the long n skinnier english plantain variety.

Kinda like chicory or lesser desireable brassiicas far as deer goes. They leave it alone until fall frost sweet them up. Careful what you wish for, that stuff will survive nuclear fallout.

 

[farmlegend]

FWIW, I used the Boston variety, bought it from Petcher Seeds.

I have never had success growing chicory on my dirt. I think it likes better drained soil than I typically have; still experimenting with different varieties.

 

[gjs4]

Are you guys seeing deer attraction with plantian?

 

[SD51555]

Are you guys seeing deer attraction with plantian?

When I ran exclusion cages on it, I showed heavy preference right at the same time as chicory.

 

[gjs4]

I personally see bucks gravitate to chicory more than does in my soils....but i always planted it to help balance clover success and browse tolerance with more drought conditions just to be honest. My place in Ohio should be used as testing grounds for a drought specific plot mix (LOL)....

 

[bigboreblr]

Its growing naturally in my home food plot and lawn mowable areas at camp. Deer like it after a few frosts. Tried taking a pic of it last winter for you guys on here, couldn't find a blade of it. Came back just fine this year. Gonna 2,4D tn gly the plot this late spring after rortilling and relasing the weed seeds, see how stubborn this thing is. I'd be glad if it came back.