Winter cover crop termination in December ?

[Brokenbear]

Mission: Plant something now on 5 AC bare dirt to choke/shade out weeds until a December pollinator plot can be drilled during the dormancy period 6b zone

Need ideas as to what will jump up quick as the field has been burned down chemically and I do not want to keep mowing n spraying

I understand Wheat does not respond well to herbicides as it would be in a period of near dormancy ..
Buckwheat may be a possibility and frost kills fairly well plus we some times do not get a killing frost until November ??

Any other grains/ideas would be welcome ...this is an unusual problem due to late planting (dirt pan work) so I suspect not many have ever tangled with this kind of problem but hey ..all ideas are good ideas if you don't have many to choose from!

Bear

 

[Bill]

Maybe heavy oats. Frost will kill them but by then the weeds should be late to the party.