SD51555
5 year old buck +
I had some last minute additions to this blend for my new plot this year. I just ordered up some sun hemp, bee balm, and ragweed.
The Throw n’ Mow Method
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SD51555
5 year old buck +
There are only pros. Good mineral scavenger, durable, deer eat it at the right time. Subordinate plant in that it doesn’t dominate. Always comes back, and for years.
It’s been a soldier in thick dead clay soil.
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matinc
5 year old buck +
SD if ysc red Alfalfa balsana n chickory are broadcasted together with tritacle around August 15th and then the existing rye crimped on top of the broadcasted seed blends would the clover mix actually grow enough to be seen n grazed before frost occurs. I understand that the tritacle would but I am curious if the other seed blends would be?
SD51555
5 year old buck +
I really don't know. I would have expected clovers to dominate after I rolled everything down last year. It was the exact opposite. I think a guy just has to try these things to keep the ball rolling.
Hit 3 acres with 4oz/gallon gly this weekend. Mostly a mix of warm season grasses, sedge, milkweed and ragweed. Planning a throw/mow (or throw/roll depending on how wet the field is) application after I get a kill. I was wondering if you'd recommend 1 spray and let the thatch suppress weeds or wait a few weeks, spray again and throw/mow? Below is what's going to be thrown but I'm going to toss in a few bushels of rye as well.
There's not a ton of residue covering the soil (in part from a semi-failed spray early in the spring) so I should get okay seed/soil contact. I am a little worried about too much thatch to push through for some of the clovers because in some areas it is pretty thick. Mowing I'm sure would be preferential but some areas can be pretty wet and I don't want to compress the soil or bury seed too deep by getting onto it with heavy equipment if it is soft.
Any thoughts?
omicron1792
5 year old buck +
Yep. No downside to always adding a grain as a nurse crop.
Pretty looking field. Should be awesome when you get it going.
Yes, my apologies I forgot to include that. I was going to throw 6bu of Rye with the above
Well, that's still undecided.
I may let it sprout up and whack it again then plant in Aug. This was initially supposed to be a spring project but life intervened and I didn't get around to it. I had a field full of vegetation I needed to address and the weather was cooperative this weekend so I figured I burn it with some gly now. Historically, we've had some extremely dry weather Aug-Sept so I was considering getting things started in spring so they can establish before it gets dry. This field may have enough moisture with a good thatch layer on top to carry these through to fall, I'm not sure. I think if I wait until Aug I'll be planting on soil about as hard as concrete. I was half inclined to throw rye clover and chicory now, then come back in Aug and overseed brassicas to fill in any gaps.
I've got a history of letting exuberance get the best of me, patience hasn't been my strongest virtue. Maybe I should exercise some self restraint and wait off.
That's why I came here to get some feedback
Any recommendations? I plan to throw cereal rye at 2bu per acre, I just forgot to include that by accident. I'm afraid my land is too dang wet in the spring and too dang dry in late summer early/fall. That being said, I know late june through mid july is a very unconventional planting time. I was hoping a good thatch layer will help suppress most weeds and help retain moisture through the summer. I can be easily swayed though
Brian662
5 year old buck +
Fall can be a good time to establish clovers for a few reasons, they are a hard seed and start slow, but fall is normally a time for increasing moisture as the months go on. Fall is also when weed germination is waning. If you fall plant and experience some success or even total failure, you can overseed from partial rate to 100% in the spring. Lots of ways to skin the cat, but thatchless throw-n-mow really only works with moisture, so keep that in mind.
