Foggy47
5 year old buck +
Ordered a '23 Seed Catalog the other day from Albert Lea Seed and it arrived today. Been wanting to plant Aroostook Cereal Rye as it seems to have a little later maturity date and I am trying to skip planting too much for a "summer release" crop.....as I have a short growing season here. I may drill a few more "vertical" crops green,(like milo) into my clover/rye plots prior to roller / crimping the Winter Rye in late June or Early July. May plant some soybeans at that time too. Doing it this way.....I can leave the high rye in place over the fawning season and hopefully prevent running over deer and provide some relief from predators.
Noticed a few interesting things in the AL Seed catalog.
1. New. They now offer conventional forage collards at $3.50 lb. (those have been hard to locate)
2. New. They now offer PASAJA hybrid brasica which is a cross between forage rape and forage turnips. $4.00 / lb. Anyone have any experience with these. Sounds interesting....but a higher price.
3. New. they now offer a MN Winter Hairy Vetch which was developed by the U of M to be winter hardy in this climate. No price given.
4. New MN Clearwater KERNZA. U of MN developed PERENIAL Grain....like wheat? Gotta be licensed and more on this.....but been reading some good things on this for the future.
5. Hard to believe all the Organic seeds now being offered. ....at far higher prices. I suppose many farmers are making the move? Sure can get a higher price for your crops.
6. Wide varieties and prices on clovers. I need to find a few more moderate priced clovers to allow them to rotate thru my crops to pick up their fertilizing values. My "problem" is that I like to plant my clovers in fall (early sept) and the lower price annuals wont survive my zone 3 climate over winter. I think I'm somewhat stuck with medium red and lower priced white clovers.
It's difficult for me to locate some of these seeds when I need them. A.L. Seeds has a wide variety and a dealer fairly near by. I need to call the dealer and see when I should enter an order to put my 2023 seed purchase together. That way I hope to get it all at once. The prices in the catalog seem comparable to most other seed outfits.
Any new stuff your trying this summer?
Also, I recently read that Deer Creek Seed in Sconny.....sold out to LaCrosse seeds. Not sure if that changes anything. I've not done biz with Deer Creek but I know many do. Always had good success with seeds that came from LaCrosse, Welter, or Green Cover. Shipping can be an issue up in the timberland.
Noticed a few interesting things in the AL Seed catalog.
1. New. They now offer conventional forage collards at $3.50 lb. (those have been hard to locate)
2. New. They now offer PASAJA hybrid brasica which is a cross between forage rape and forage turnips. $4.00 / lb. Anyone have any experience with these. Sounds interesting....but a higher price.
3. New. they now offer a MN Winter Hairy Vetch which was developed by the U of M to be winter hardy in this climate. No price given.
4. New MN Clearwater KERNZA. U of MN developed PERENIAL Grain....like wheat? Gotta be licensed and more on this.....but been reading some good things on this for the future.
5. Hard to believe all the Organic seeds now being offered. ....at far higher prices. I suppose many farmers are making the move? Sure can get a higher price for your crops.
6. Wide varieties and prices on clovers. I need to find a few more moderate priced clovers to allow them to rotate thru my crops to pick up their fertilizing values. My "problem" is that I like to plant my clovers in fall (early sept) and the lower price annuals wont survive my zone 3 climate over winter. I think I'm somewhat stuck with medium red and lower priced white clovers.
It's difficult for me to locate some of these seeds when I need them. A.L. Seeds has a wide variety and a dealer fairly near by. I need to call the dealer and see when I should enter an order to put my 2023 seed purchase together. That way I hope to get it all at once. The prices in the catalog seem comparable to most other seed outfits.
Any new stuff your trying this summer?
Also, I recently read that Deer Creek Seed in Sconny.....sold out to LaCrosse seeds. Not sure if that changes anything. I've not done biz with Deer Creek but I know many do. Always had good success with seeds that came from LaCrosse, Welter, or Green Cover. Shipping can be an issue up in the timberland.