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[Bill]

Spent an hour or so in my plots today....looking for signs of switchgrass germination. I did find ONE small finger of switch that had the seed attached to it. Had it in my palm to take a pic....and figured I would blow the sand off it......and when I did the blade blew away - never to be found. LOL.

What made me look was seeing a few blades germinated in my home containers that I planted in order to ID the germinating switch. More patience is needed. The rains have been good....but the temps are a bit cool for good germination....I expect.

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It's like looking for a needle in a haystack.

Been there done that. Don’t think I ever found a blade of grass with a switch seed for all my looking.

 

[Bill]

Sorry I was referring to Bill’s post back in May. He may have posted the results on another thread.

Well it all went in the ground and seemed like I got the calibration pretty close. Maybe a bit light on seed but that’s better than heavy.

Relying on a friend to fertilize. If can’t get to it I’ll fertilize a month after planting when I get back. I was short on time because of rain. But because of that rain. I’m confident it’s sprouting well as I type this……..until I’m not

 

[MN Slick]

Spent an hour or so in my plots today....looking for signs of switchgrass germination. I did find ONE small finger of switch that had the seed attached to it. Had it in my palm to take a pic....and figured I would blow the sand off it......and when I did the blade blew away - never to be found. LOL.

What made me look was seeing a few blades germinated in my home containers that I planted in order to ID the germinating switch. More patience is needed. The rains have been good....but the temps are a bit cool for good germination....I expect.

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It's like looking for a needle in a haystack.

Soil temps may not be warm enough up there for the seed to germinate.

 

[Foggy47]

Soil temps may not be warm enough up there for the seed to germinate.

I have one of those soil temp probes.....but didn't use it. I figured that warm May weather we had would put us ahead of schedule. If I get there in another day or two I'm gonna check the soil temps.

 

[Brian662]

You can Google soil temps and punch in your zip code or find nearest location on the map, usually measured daily at different sites all across the US.

 

[Foggy47]

You can Google soil temps and punch in your zip code or find nearest location on the map, usuallyw measured daily at different sites all across the US.

Just did that…and temps here been about 70 for a while now. Should be good. Patience.