Winter Rye

[Elkaddict]

Rye is unpredictable in my experience. It can sprout up in mass some years, and likes it doing in on of my plots now, sprout at vastly different rates (I don’t disc in, just cultipack into well disced soil). Not sure of the reason. Oats, wheat and triticale all seem more predictable and quicker to me.

 

[Gator]

I checked my rye yesterday, some of it was 6 inches tall already. That would make it a whopping 6 days old.

 

[Creek chub]

Gly is rain fast in 2 hours.

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I can’t spray until tomorrow and rain is forecasted today and tomorrow

 

[Tap]

I can’t spray until tomorrow and rain is forecasted today and tomorrow

Sucks to be a farmer, sometimes.
Too wet, too dry, too windy, too soon, too late or broken equipment...sometimes its a real challenge to get work done.

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[PAGUY]

I have a plot of rye that's about knee high already. Any advantage or disadvantage mowing it this late?

 

[pinetag]

I will say that the rye started off great for me but it does not tolerate flooding. Here are some pics of it getting established and if you look at the timestamps you can see just how much growth was put on in only a couple days. But now, after multiple rains and then Hurricane Michael, it's totally gone! Next time I'm out I'll have to take a pic. You can see the beginnings of the end in the last pic. I did throw some of my leftover seed out last Wed so some new seedlings should be emerging now and i can hopefully salvage the plot.
First pic is 5 days after seeding and you can see rye popping up. The leafy plants are the remaining store bought beans i threw out...


Second pic is 3 days later and the rye is exploding...


Beginning of the drowning. If you notice just to the left of the tree cage there is a low spot that died off first and now the entire plot looks like that...

 

[George]

Rye that I planted in Iowa always sprouted and disappeared not because it got wet but rather eaten. I'll bet your plot will become a rye patch in march/april.

Do you have pictures of deer eating it?

G

 

[pinetag]

Rye that I planted in Iowa always sprouted and disappeared not because it got wet but rather eaten. I'll bet your plot will become a rye patch in march/april.

Do you have pictures of deer eating it?

G

I guess that's possible since it's a tiny plot, but the amount of pictures don't reflect enough activity to have eaten it down to dirt. Not unless the camera is missing a ton of pictures, which is also possible. I guess we'll see over the coming months. Thanks George!

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[dogghr]

I will say that the rye started off great for me but it does not tolerate flooding. Here are some pics of it getting established and if you look at the timestamps you can see just how much growth was put on in only a couple days. But now, after multiple rains and then Hurricane Michael, it's totally gone! Next time I'm out I'll have to take a pic. You can see the beginnings of the end in the last pic. I did throw some of my leftover seed out last Wed so some new seedlings should be emerging now and i can hopefully salvage the plot.
First pic is 5 days after seeding and you can see rye popping up. The leafy plants are the remaining store bought beans i threw out...
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Second pic is 3 days later and the rye is exploding...
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Beginning of the drowning. If you notice just to the left of the tree cage there is a low spot that died off first and now the entire plot looks like that...
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I agree, bet a lot of animals fed on that rye. I hate to be repetitious but an exclusion cage always lets you know the truth on success of a plot. My alfalfa mix always looks like crap but inside the cage tells me another story. Good luck, beautiful plot.

 

[pinetag]

I agree, bet a lot of animals fed on that rye. I hate to be repetitious but an exclusion cage always lets you know the truth on success of a plot. My alfalfa mix always looks like crap but inside the cage tells me another story. Good luck, beautiful plot.

I'll have to setup an exclusion cage and give that a try as the new rye seed comes up. So i'm guessing based on the responses that rye can withstand some minor flooding/saturated roots?

 

[bigbluetruck]

Last winter cows grazed a plot of rye down to the bare dirt in Jan-Feb, I figured itd mostly die, but it came back and still got 4ft tall. Its an amazing plant