The world of Triticales
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Derek Reese 29
5 year old buck +
Planted some last fall...time will tell...combined it 50:50 with rye though and I probably can't tell the difference..will be interesting to see if the deer hit it as much as an adjacent rye/clover plot
omicron1792
5 year old buck +
Yes. It will be the main thing I plant this fall.
Trical has gone buck wild. I am using the grain forage trials from Mississippi state and UGA to pick a few to try. I’m only planting awnless varieties.
S.T.Fanatic
5 year old buck +
It's been the go to cereal for our area for years. My problem with cereal has been nailing down the planting date more than anything. Every year i push it back a week or two and it still is to early. I'm thinking this year last week of sept first week of oct in southern MN.
SD51555
5 year old buck +
What are you trying to hit with your planting date? Is it best winter survival or to keep it tender? I pushed my planting dates later last year, and everything got eaten to the ground. The year before, I planted spring wheat in July and it headed out. Still got eaten, but it dropped all it's leaves before it was eaten. My Aug planted spring Trit never got over 10" before the deer smoked it all. I want very badly to get to 3' awnless triticale headed out and milky when the heat shuts off.
Still chasing that...
omicron1792
5 year old buck +
I’m same. I pushed date way back last year because it was dry. But then we got a bad cold snap 3 weeks later and it never got over a couple of inches. It also was late this spring although it has come on now.
TreeDaddy
5 year old buck +
I seem to plant later each fall
I planted oct 8 in 2022 due to drought
My plots come alive late march/early April and look nativehunteresque right now
bill
SD51555
5 year old buck +
I’m frost seeding some winter and spring triticale on my best ground as soon as I can get the wheeler out there. I wanna see if the winter trit can last the entire growing season and come back next year.
I’m also side by siding it with some forage barley to see what puts out better tonnage and at what speed.
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I’m also side by siding it with some forage barley to see what puts out better tonnage and at what speed.
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Bowsnbucks
5 year old buck +
What's the difference between spring and winter triticale??
SD51555
5 year old buck +
Spring triticale goes for a finish and it's done in one season. Winter triticale needs to overwinter to complete it's life cycle, like winter rye.
SD51555
5 year old buck +
Mine did so far. I can't recall the quality of rains I had, but yes. None of my seeds ever get covered.
Ever. Except Hoog III, those got covered with hay.
Bowsnbucks
5 year old buck +
Thanks for the info, SD.
SD51555
5 year old buck +
I hope I can report back more as this growing season unfolds. I think it could help tip the scales the right way for guys that are challenged on acres. I know I am. I don't have enough plot space to feed #1 preference forages, so I have to figure out timing these #2 & #3 choice forages for my area.
Anyone planted winter rye in mid-summer to try to get maximum growth that first year? I've seen some impressive winter deer sign in some cover cropped acres, but sometimes the tonnage isn't great since it is planted pretty late.
I'm just wondering when to plant winter rye to maximize tonnage as a green winter food source.
I'm just wondering when to plant winter rye to maximize tonnage as a green winter food source.
SD51555
5 year old buck +
I've planted as early as July 1st. It got to about 8 or 10" and just stopped and sat there. It was an excellent attraction after november 1st for big woods country in northern MN. I'm planting my winter rye in two weeks for this season if I can get back there. I wanna see if it can get above the white clover and stay alive the whole year.
