Overseed in early August with red white clover. This will start its germination and growth. It will scavenge nitrogen from the air. Then in early Sept overseed 100 lbs/acre of WR. This will germinate and the young shoots will provide fall cold weather food. Both the above will then green up in early spring proving food, fawn cover, and nitrogen for summer planting.
if you are considering turnips/radishes, Aug is too late to plant in the north. You will need to overseed early July if you want any bulb growth.
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Not sure what zone I'm in, but I'm close to fond du lac wisconsin. 1 hour south of green bay.
Yes I am zone 5.
I should mention that there are oats in the field now, they will be combined in mid August, after that I can plant whatever I want. I was kinda thinking rye, winter peas, tillage radishes and purple top turnips. I will be putting corn in next spring. Just looking for ideas.
Will red clover freeze out thru winter?Sounds like a good mix. I have tried peas and the deer destroyed them when they were 6"-7". Turnips/radishes need 60 growing days so they are a crap shoot because of rain reliability. I would throw in some red clover. Cheap and easy to grow.
It's my field, my dad wanted to plant oats so he could mix it with his grain for beef calves. It doesn't matter if it greens up, I know the rye will. I'll go in with the no till and plant corn and spray with round up, in the spring.Is this field rented to a farmer? Do they care if you plant anything like clover or rye that will be green and growing next spring then they go to plant the field to corn?
Brassicas like forage rape, turnips and radishes are pretty cheap per pound, so I'd add them to the mix as well. I've planted brassicas in SE MN in August and had decent results. You won't get the bulb size of July planted brassicas, but if you get timely rains you will still have some quality late season food.
Will red clover freeze out thru winter?
Ok. That sounds goodNo. Medium red clover will hibernate in the winter and come back strong in the spring. I tend to only fall over seed with WR and MRC. Been a great reliable mix for fall and the following spring.