CTM,
I’d get it out tomorrow before Wednesday’s rain. It will take.
rye will come so late its amazing - you have time - it will come faster if you lightly disc it in though.
What do you pay for rye? In the midwest, it's usually cheap, so there is nothing risked other than a twelve pack of Coors Light (or 30-pack of Busch Light).Had a field that was a mud hole last year and I gave up on it as the tractor was sinking. I just put the disc and the spring tooth chisel plow to it today to hack it up and level it out.
Given we are at Oct 1st tomorrow is it to late to get any growth?
Thanks
Pipeline guys Just finished up - seeded rye 10-24-19
we are at 1650 ft in central NY - should be a good test for germination.
I told them Cereal rye - but I haven't been up yet to check -guess I'll find out soon. They knew enough to know that clover this late would be scketchy and they left me a big bag to frost seed over top - so I feel like they knew what I meant.Did they seed rye grass or cereal rye? Most municipalities down here seed rye grass. I broadcast Winer Rye (cereal grain) last year here in VA Zone 6b & had it coming up in Dec. From what I read, it will germinate if temps are above freezing, albeit slowly... Going to broadcast some more this coming week.
For where I hunt in the mountains, I think it ranks pretty high up there also! Do bears readily eat it? We've got a lot of bears but haven't seen them munching on the Rye.I consider Rye to be one of the best food plot plantings, right up there with clover, because of it's winter hardiness. And bears like it too. Here's a black bear eating my new rye on October 15th.
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