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I know that Labor Day weekend is usually the rule of thumb for planting grains for fall plots. I did that before, and we had a warm fall and extended growing season. The wheat, rye, and oats grew fast and got tall and stemmy. What's been your experience with timing the planting of grains? I did all the prep work today, so I'm debating whether I should seed this weekend, as they are calling for rain Sunday night/Monday OR if I should hold out until next weekend. I guess it's just a crapshoot... 

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planting grains or other crops is always a gamble,hindsight is always 20/20. The vo-ag teacher in school told me there is no more of gambler than a farmer. If you get rain or not, or to much rain and the seed may rot. If the time to  plant now would be a good time to plant. Good Luck !!

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Stagger the planting. I surprised more people don't do this when they can. They go one weekend to work on the plot and then at the parcel again the next weekend to hang a stand, etc. It takes five minutes to seed a small-ish plot.

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Great suggestion with the staggering! Never considered that or even heard of it before! So, I would typically prepare the seedbed, broadcast seed, disc lightly to cover seed, then pack. When you stagger the planting, do you just broadcast the seed and leave lay on the soil, without discing and packing? If so, I like that idea even more! B)

 

One more question. It's been a few years since I've planted fall grains, as I'd pretty much given up on them. I called the seed store yesterday to get prices. He (Mennonite) told me that since I'm not interested in actual grain production, that I don't need to fertilize. I'm planning a 1 acre plot of WW/WR/Oats and may even throw in some buckwheat. I thought I remembered that WW and oats needed fertilizer? Maybe not? Would fertilizer make the plantings sweeter, greener, extend their palatability, or make them more attractive in any way?

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The mix I put in had WR and oats in it. I put it in last weekend. I hae never seen it disced after seeding. I would thin that would burry the seed to deeply,. I don't have a roller or cultipacker so I opt for a chain link fence drag and the rain for seed contact. The mix I put down sadi 1/4" to 1/2" bury for the seed. I would think a disc would drive it deeper than that.

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On my own experiences, deer tend to favor the young tender oat grasses over the more mature wide leaf early in the season. Later on, say Novemberish, they hit it all hard as the sugars are brought on by the frosts and lite freezes. Two years ago, our growing season went into late October, making the oat plantings good right through Thanksgiving. Several doe hit it hard during breeding time, pulling the bucks, thus giving HAEA. (HUNTERS AN EXTREME ADVANTAGE)

Last year, I threw in several acres of radish, which threw the whole equation out of sink.

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I just finished planting 2 1/4 acres Sunday..

 

I broadcast oats and clover, dragged over with the chain link fence, and we got a nice rain less than 24 hours later..

 

I'll let y'all know in a couple of weeks how it's turning out..< Says Pygmy optimistically>....

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Does everyone use the regular oats or splurge for the Buck Forage Oats that are claimed to be more cold tolerant??

Coated the spot with year old manure and got some plowing done yesterday. Soil still came up wet in spots. Going to hit it with the rototiller when right moisture. Hope to get my first oat planting soon. I plant just the common oats seed right out of the combine, as have excellent results for years. Going to post some pics on progression.

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Broadcasted my first of 3 planned seedings today. Suppose to have rain and thunderstorms tonight and tomorrow. Plan on doing 2 more seedings 5-7 days apart, depending on rain in forecast. Should have a nice variety of plant maturity later this fall and winter.

 

If my plots can grow grains, as well as they do rocks, I should have a hell of a crop out there! Damn those rocks!! :mad:  Swear I picked up 10,000, OK it seemed like that many anyway! Spent ~2hrs out in a 1 acre plot picking up rocks in the heat and humidity! That sucked!! At one point, I thought someone would probably find me laying in the plot! Oh well, plenty of rocks to cover me up with!  B)

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