reseeding over spring plots

[carbine]

I have two plots adjacent to each other, one is allready planted in Ladino clover which I plan on reseeding in the spring with bio-new zealand, the other plot is new, I planed on turning up the ground and keeping it bare until the fall and planting it in the fall with a fall blend, my question is can I plant it with a spring blend in the spring and then just broadcast over it in the fall with a fall blend without turning up the ground?? anyone have success with this?

[sagittarius]

Bio-New Zealand? Fall Blend? Spring Blend?

If you want brasicas, .... plant rape, turnips, ect. mid to late summer for a fall/winter plot.

If you planted a Ladino plot last year, the same plot will come up even thicker with Ladino this year ..... unless it is/was weed choked.A well done (prepped and maintained) Ladino plot should last 3-5 years or even longer.

Skip the "Blends" and plant just the seed you need/want.

[dogdoc]

carbine---i read this over at the Michigan sportsman forum---it was a recommendation of Mr. Ed Spin..... He is a firm believer in roundup ready soybeans--He recommends planting the RR SB---waiting 4 weeks then spraying the entire plot with roundup. This will kill any weeds or unwanted grass that has germinated. Then a couple weeks prior to fall planting spray again. this should give a good weed free plot. He then recommends just broadcasting into the soybeans wheat and brassicas. It is better to broadcast just prior to a rain--as the rain helps "push" the seed to the gound for better germination. Both these seeds germinate very easy. I would think you could also broadcast some clover with the wheat and brassicas. This sounds like a great plan and I am going to try doing this this year.

I have a 2 acre plot that I have planted the last 2 years in a spring annual mixture that is mainly soybeans and cowpeas. Last year I had a bad weed problem. This year I am going to disc the plot up mid-april---plant 150# of roundup ready soybeans and 50 pounds of oats.The oats will mature in mid-june--and then I will spray the entire plot with round up. Hopefully, the soybeans will not be overbrowsed and last until early fall. I will then spray again with roundup late july. Sept 1 I will then broadcast a wheat/rye mixture, turnip/rape mixture, and red clover into the remaining soybeans. The soybeans will last until first freeze--then the wheat/brassica/clover mixture will be going strong. I hope it works.

good luck with your plot
todd

[tricuspid]

Dogdoc, I think Ed was talking about a fall planting of RR soys, i.e. planted the first week of Sept.. Then, four weeks later, broadcast the brassica and wheat. May be wrong, Tom

[Thayer.qdma]

My Dad wants to put out some oats or wheat in the spring. Will this keep the overbrowsing down on some of the legumes I want to start? Will the oats or wheat grow good in the spring? Which one would you put down, I don't know the cost of either, but I will find out?

[dogdoc]

Thayer, I always plant oats with my legumes in the spring. I believe they are preferred over wheat. They pop up very quickly and the deer love the oats. They mature in about mid-june here--then the turkeys love picking at the seed heads. I also have video of deer stripping the seed heads off the plant.

Oats run about 7 to 8 bucks for 50#. I will usually add 50# per acre of oats when broadcasted with cowpeas.

todd

[Thayer.qdma]

Thanks double d, I talked to Dad and he didn't care which one we used. I think the oats will get the call for the seeds that could feed the quail that we are trying to grow also. Have you or anybody ever heard of a product called Green Graze? It is supposed to have be a blend that is about perfect for quail. jeff