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| Tweet Topic Started: Oct 18 2012, 07:10 PM (438 Views) | |
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Oct 18 2012, 07:10 PM Post #1 |
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wondering if anyone plants in the fall and if so what you plant and what kind of success you have? I just expanded one of my plots with a small dozer, and it looks just perfect to plant, nicely turned soil and completely weed free, but wondering if theres anything I can plant now that would be good for next year, anyone done this? |
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Oct 18 2012, 08:03 PM Post #2 |
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You can try Red clover ( Adds nitrogen as green manoure when plowed under next year ) and whinter wheat with it.Food source for the spring and if it grows this year , they will eat it now as well. I would till it under next June or July and then do a nice Forage Radish and Dwarf Essex Rape plot seeded next augest. Not sure if u have tim to plant now but if your in southern Ontario , I would try it ! Might still come up in the spring anyway !
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| Friggs | Oct 19 2012, 07:42 AM Post #3 |
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I do most of my planting in fall, late August early September your guanteered moist soil that way. Its getting a bit late for planting now. If you must, I would try Rye grain (not rye grass), it will germinate and grow under cold temperatures and is cheap. Along with red clover might work but reds requires about 6 weeks of growing before winter dormancy and ph above 5.5. You could frost seed the red clover into the winter rye in late winter. I would broadcast the rye as soon as possible and just before some rain at 50-75 lbs/ac and use a roller or drive all over it with an ATV to get good seed to soil contact. Then in early March frost seed red clover into the rye at 14-16 lbs/ac. I hope you don't have lots of turkeys around, they love rye seeds. In late spring, the rye will form seed heads and thats when you cut it just above the clover. If the clover takes you should have a nice clover plot for the young fawns and free nitrogen for your next crop. Maybe cut the clover down to 6-10 inches when you notice weeds in the summer and then start again early next fall with rye/oats/clover/peas/radish. I would get a soil test first, either now or spring. That way you know where you stand on Ph and nutrients and it will give you an idea of cost, but in the meantime rye grain will grow in most soils. Keep us updated....Friggs |
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| Partikle | Oct 28 2012, 09:16 PM Post #4 |
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These are good pointers, I was wondering the same thing. |
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