Switch planting now??

[Daver]

I have some bare dirt where I have recently had a pond built and I would like to establish switch on the back side of the dam. It is all bare dirt now.

I also have some switch seed on hand. Would it be a good idea to drill in switch now? Or, if not, assuming I don't want to leave the soil bare all winter, what would be a good approach to get this area to switch soon? TIA.

 

[IowaBowHunter1983]

Def not. Too late. Mid August is pushing it.

You could seed it to rye for winter. Id kill it in spring before planting to switchgrass tho.

 

[Daver]

Def not. Too late. Mid August is pushing it.

You could seed it to rye for winter. Id kill it in spring before planting to switchgrass tho.

OK, thanks for the confirmation, that's kind of what I was thinking. I will just go with rye only for now. Thanks!

 

[Muskrat24]

Def not. Too late. Mid August is pushing it.

You could seed it to rye for winter. Id kill it in spring before planting to switchgrass tho.

Could he also drill it in as a dormant seeding this Nov’ish? Pretty sure NWSG CRP plantings allow this. And could still spray gly on cover in early spring?

 

[IowaBowHunter1983]

Could he also drill it in as a dormant seeding this Nov’ish? Pretty sure NWSG CRP plantings allow this. And could still spray gly on cover in early spring?

In theory yes. However, this past year had some dormant seedlings fail cuz it was 70 degrees in December. I think seed germinated and then died. On a normal year, dormant seeding works. I do feel our weather just gets crazier so I question dormant seeding going forward.