Recent content by gatzow

I had a 3 acre field that I planted about 3 years ago. Put down a lot of seed, but i was never successful getting the switch to grow that good. Weeds just over took it I assume. I decided to kill the field and turn it into a soy bean field this year. I sprayed to kill everything, disked the...

It has been a weird winter here in wisconsin. early snow, then a hard rain storm in January which sat in my field and froze with a thick 3-5 inch layer of ice. We just got a huge rain storm over the past week and my 10 acre field now has a solid 8-12 inches of water sitting on top of an ice...

Thanks for the advice!

what is an acceptable amount of snow depth that you can safely drop the seed on top of the snow for it to eventually work its way into the soil? I am in Wisconsin, we have about 6-9 inches of snow right now. If I put the seed out over the next week or two, will it eventually work its way down...

So we have had a major mid winter thaw and I just went out to check out the field that I will be planting this year. I noticed that with the ground still frozen, I have a lot of standing water. I was planning on frost seeding that field, but am concerned with the amount of water out there...

I placed an order with John. Should be shipping tomorrow already, not that I need it for a couple of months. Thnks for the suggestion.

Do you have a good lead on a place to be able to purchase CIR seed for a reasonable price? "googling" is not working well for me on this.

Is it bad to mix different switchgrass seeds together? I have about 40 pounds of sunburst for next year, but I need more as I have a 10 acre field to plant. What happens if I do a 50/50 mix of CIR and Sunburst? Or is it best to keep is seperate and do 5 acres of 1 and 5 acres of the other? I...

does anyone know of a good spreader that can be used with an ATV or a UTV that can apply the right amount of switchgrass seed? I have a Yamaha grizzly and a polaris ranger. I am going to be frost seeding a 10 acre field in March and would prefer a faster method if possible as compared to a...

As dbltree mentioned, site preperation is key. I have written in here a few times about my land that I have been working on for a year. It has taken several bull dozers and some help from the local farmers, but I am getting very close to having the land ready for frost seeding next...

How will the new seed react to the drought conditions? I frost seeded in March. If there is not much or any growth this year, will the seed stay good for next year or are we at risk of losing this years planting? I live in Southeast WI. We have not had a drop of rain in around 6 weeks where...

I finally found a farmer that is going to help me get my 10 acre parcel all prepped and ready to go. I know the preffered method for planting is to frost seed. I have a few questions. First, I have about 100lbs of swithgrass seed sitting in a nice cool dry place. I was supposed to be a...

patience, patience...... its a 3 year process.... ok, lets see what it looks like in october.

impressive. My field looks nothing like this.... So you frost seeded in March - I assume it was a field that you prepped in the fall, so it was clear sod? Can you give a timeline of what you did to prep the field and then how you maintained it over the past 18 months? I am still working on...

I would love to see some pictures if anyone has a second year field growing right now. Please post if you have any. I am battling weeds right now and woudl like to see what a 2nd year field should look like at this time of year. Thanks.