Spring Field Prep on Corn and Sorghum Plots
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Bassattackr
5 year old buck +
Yep, need to chop it first. Sorghums leave a lot of trash behind..
Hoytvectrix
5 year old buck +
Suppose a guy planted sorghum this year and missed planting wheat or rye, what would this hypothetical guy be recommended to do in the spring?
jsasker007
5 year old buck +
Just plant the same thing in the spring. Might as well throw in some clover while you're at it
Bassattackr
5 year old buck +
I'm kicking around doing a soybean / milo mix that Welter's carries, but I'm going to turn mine under with the disc after chopping.
Clover seeded as late as you need to plant sorghum won't amount to much. What little grows would be quickly shaded out. If you want a legume, sunn hemp might be a better bet, all depends on what you're trying to accomplish..
Clover seeded as late as you need to plant sorghum won't amount to much. What little grows would be quickly shaded out. If you want a legume, sunn hemp might be a better bet, all depends on what you're trying to accomplish..
Tree Spud
5 year old buck +
You could do spring oats. The clover should be planted either in the fall or frost seeded. The problem is that if you don't get the grains in before overseeding clover, you have to contend with some level of tilling to get the oats/WR/wheat in the ground.
Bassattackr
5 year old buck +
Yes! Oats and berseem clover would be a great option if you wanted clover. Could add in Field Peas as well.. Produce some N while you're at it for the next Sorghum crop.
All good spring planting options.
I have 24 acres of Corn(12), Sorghum (8) and Sunflowers (6). They will not be harvested, I will not know what's going to be left until the deer, elk and winter get done with them. Has anyone been successful
spraying and no-till planting right back into it between the rows or do I need to plan on shredding and burning what's left? I plan on going back with a similar rotation.
spraying and no-till planting right back into it between the rows or do I need to plan on shredding and burning what's left? I plan on going back with a similar rotation.
Hoytvectrix
5 year old buck +
We drilled in sorghum this year for the first time this year just to try it out. We got it in the ground a little late (I think the first week of June), and had excessive rain for the first month and a half, but still ended up getting a decent crop. Deer were walking past brassicas and beans to get to the sorghum heads for about three weeks in October. They had every head stripped of the 1 acre plot before the first frost. This year we will be planting more of it, we just need to decide where and how much.
Hoytvectrix
5 year old buck +
I have been thinking of doing something similar. Letting the sorghum protect some of the beans and the beans supply some N to the sorghum. I am just not sure how it would work with planting.
hillrunner
5 year old buck +
I don't have the answer but I'm contemplating the same thing. I no till as much as possible but when it comes to standing corn I have a hard time talking myself into pulling my planter through that mess. I picture stalks and cobs jammed up all over the place. The next option is to mow it down but I fear the amount of trash that would be freshly on the ground unlike after a fall harvest when the stalks have time to break down or at least get settled to the ground so they don't blow.. Inevitably I end up burying them with the disc every year even though I'd rather not.
