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KnuckleDragr

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I see they issued a freeze warning now for Sunday morning. I have three plots with clover mixed with a brassica blend planted Labor Day weekend. Due to very little rain, the plants have just gotten out of the ground (1" - 1 1/2" tall). Do you think this freeze is going to kill em? Not much I can do about it, but still concerned.
 
I see they issued a freeze warning now for Sunday morning. I have three plots with clover mixed with a brassica blend planted Labor Day weekend. Due to very little rain, the plants have just gotten out of the ground (1" - 1 1/2" tall). Do you think this freeze is going to kill em? Not much I can do about it, but still concerned.


Depending just how cold it gets when you start getting frosts the clover might start to go dormant. As far as the brassicas, I read somewhere once that it needs to be 25 degrees for something like 4 fours to put an end to their growth. At leas I hope so as mine could use a couple more weeks of growth. Rain has not been an issue for my raddishes as they take some where around 60 days plus to get mature and I planted mine a few weeks before labor day.

And the clover you put in around labor day would actually be something more for next spring and summer for the deer to graze on. Probably wouldnt see much out of that till next year either way.
 
I'll take a good hard freeze even if it kills the fall plots. We need to get these midges killed before ehd shows up in our area in my opinion.
 
Yea let it freeze. Kill EHD midges and speed the soybeans and corn up. Seems like they both keep hanging on up here in northern Iowa.
 
I'll take a good hard freeze even if it kills the fall plots. We need to get these midges killed before ehd shows up in our area in my opinion.

I agree! I can go a hunting season without our foodplots if it means killing those dang midges!
 
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