Milo
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My armpit hair is growing faster than that stuff. It should be much faster than that.
Planting native grasses for cover
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My armpit hair is growing faster than that stuff. It should be much faster than that.
Milo
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What you should be seeing is not so much tall growth but lots of seeds sprouting and thickening of the seed. You may have too much shade
Too early to tell IMO. I've seen areas planted that didn't do shit for 2 or 3 years, then sprung up like you wouldn't believe.
Well... Try not to be TOO optimistic. There's still a chance it was a waste of time too. Lol. But let's hope not!
At least I'm only out $30 if it don't grow. If this stuff don't grow then I'm just going to let the area go back to natural.
How's your prairie planting doing, Chad? Any obvious signs of establishment? Most of the wsg is starting to hit it's peak right about now so it got me wondering how yours was turning out...
Haven't checked in about a month lol. I'll slip down there this weekend and see how it's going.
I can't recall what exactly you planted, but most of the big bluestem I've seen lately is 4-7 ft tall. Switchgrass should be about 4' or so. The bluestem is really taking off lately with this heat.
I think that's what is planted in the fields I hunt...30-40 acre plots. Zero fun trying to track in those fields early season! I will stay as far away from those this year as I can.
Jim, what would you recommend broadcasting into standing corn so there's some food after it gets cut?
Rye grain would be a safe bet. Or a variety of winter hardy oats.
It's getting to be too late for beans. If you go with rye, broadcast it about this time next month.
I was thinking either winter rye or oats. I had good luck with winter rye last year, didn't broadcast it into corn though.
Yes that's what I'd do. It comes up great when broadcasted. That's one reason why it's a favorite among cover crops in ag production.