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Preparing ground for spring plots

Skully

Skully

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I got my fall rye and winter wheat plots going great for this fall. I have a 3/4 acre patch of CRP brome grass that I would like to frost seed into something in the spring. My question is this: Should I, 1- Mow, spray and disk now? or
2- Wait until early spring and burn, then disk?

My plan will be to frost seed some rye or oats for a spring turkey plot then disk under late summer for some brassicas.
 
Mow, let grow for a couple of weeks and then spray with roundup. That should get you a good kill of the brome. If you have someone that will bale the brome after you mow it that would even be better.
 
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Skully</div><div class="ubbcode-body"> I got my fall rye and winter wheat plots going great for this fall. I have a 3/4 acre patch of CRP brome grass that I would like to frost seed into something in the spring. My question is this: Should I, 1- Mow, spray and disk now? or
2- Wait until early spring and burn, then disk?

My plan will be to frost seed some rye or oats for a spring turkey plot then disk under late summer for some brassicas.

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Kudos for thinking ahead! /forum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/cool.gif

Brome is best killed with Roundup this time of year. I always prefer to mow, wait a week or so for it to greenup, nuke it and then leave it til spring.

I wouldn't disc it however because that can lead to erosion problems if it's CRP HEL. The killed sod will hold the soil thru the winter and then you can plant it in the spring.

I'm not sure about "frost seeding" the grains you mentioned...I would disc it in the spring as early as possible and then broadcast some oats and disc them in lightly. Oats can be planted just as soon as you can possibly get on the ground in the spring and you can get by with just scratching it up.

A no-till drill from your County Conservation Board (if one is available) also would do the trick.

You could of course frost seed clover but it will just be starting to germinate and will still be tiny by turkey season.

There is still time to plant rye well into October and that is probally the approach I would take.

Mow, spray, disc and plant rye. The rye would hold the soil versus discing and leaving it barren and the rye will be nice and green just about the time the gobblers are looking for a sweet spot to strut!

I don't know...but I been told....they kinda like a nice field of rye in the spring... /forum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/wink.gif

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Come to think of it...guess a lot a critters do... /forum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/grin.gif

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But hey...don't let me influence you....... /forum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/smile.gif
 
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