Mow or not to Mow

fireman24 · Aug 22, 2019

I have a few plots that are mainly clover but one of them has some winter wheat that came up pretty decent. I am debating on mowing it all in the next week or so. Also thought about adding some Brassica throw and mow to some areas. I am in central WI on the MN border. We have 30-40 days until our first frost.
Should I mow or just leave it. Am I too late for the Brassica to be big enough?

Chainsaw · Aug 23, 2019

Good question fireman. It wouldn't be too late for enough foliage to appear as in radish tops or rape if they germinated and had some soil contact. I don't know for sure about getting much root growth like turnips and radishes but certainly would not expect much and do think it is too late. Have mowed winter wheat in the past but not in a clover plot (stand alone) and was happy with the results.

MarkDarvin · Aug 23, 2019

fireman24 said:
I have a few plots that are mainly clover but one of them has some winter wheat that came up pretty decent. I am debating on mowing it all in the next week or so. Also thought about adding some Brassica throw and mow to some areas. I am in central WI on the MN border. We have 30-40 days until our first frost.
Should I mow or just leave it. Am I too late for the Brassica to be big enough?

I think too late for brassicas. I would still try throw and mow oats though.

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Bowhunter · Aug 23, 2019

I've tried to do brassicas this late in the year before and had poor results. I even hit it pretty hard with the urea and it simply wasn't enough time for the plants to mature before the frost set in.

I would try the oats though like MarkDarvin mentioned though.

shawn cox · Aug 23, 2019

It is wild reading the posts saying it is too late to plant. Different parts of the country and it messes with my head and I have to remember I live in the South lol. We are still several weeks from even thinking about planting. We could still plant beans and get a good stand right now. I will plant some radishes in a couple weeks but nothing else until the end of September. Plant too early and Army worms might wipe it out.

Mennoniteman · Aug 23, 2019

I'd say mow, but not too low, leave half of the leaves on the clover. That keeps the wheat from getting too tall and tough for the deer till frost hits, and the clover should bounce back real good for the fall. Seed brassica only if you are willing to take a chance and maybe just be wasting the seed. Oats may work better, but interseeding anything into a thick stand of clover and wheat may fail to produce any results.

Mennoniteman · Aug 23, 2019

shawn cox said:
It is wild reading the posts saying it is too late to plant. Different parts of the country and it messes with my head and I have to remember I live in the South lol. We are still several weeks from even thinking about planting. We could still plant beans and get a good stand right now. I will plant some radishes in a couple weeks but nothing else until the end of September. Plant too early and Army worms might wipe it out.

In zone 6 Pennsylvania I'm finished planting for this year, I planted my rye yesterday. my experience has been that even planting on Labor Day is a little late to accumulate the amount of growth needed to last past the first frost.

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