Recent content by Andy in Ohio

Lime on clover I need to apply 3 tons of lime per acre on a new clover plot planted last fall with PH of 5.7. 1/2 will get tilled under in September for the rye mix and 1/2 will remain clover that I want to hunt over in the fall. Will the lime hurt / bury the clover or will it quickly grow...

Brassicas in PH 5.6? My 2 acre plot has PH of 5.6 with a heavy clay soil and is only accessible by 4 wheeler. The soil sample recommends 3 tons of ag lime but is is impossible to get access for a lime truck. I planted the rye clover mix last fall and it did decent. Thinking about putting...

I sprayed round up on Sept 1st on 3 acres of old pasture. I only had time to plant 1 acre in the rye clover mix on September 8th that worked well. The other two acres were not planted but had a complete kill and I bush hogged it as short as possible in late October. I want to frost seed...

Thanks for the quick response. Will spray this evening and plant this weekend.

Round Up Washed Away I purchased new ground that has been pasture for decades (mostly fescue and little clover). I sprayed round up last weekend and 2 hours later it got .75" of rain (surprise!). I checked the field today and the roundup did not work at all. I want to plant the cereal...

Rain does wonders Planted 1.5 acres of rye, oats, GH forage radish, alice white clover / alsike clover on Aug 31 as per Dbltree's instructions using an ATV disc and cultipacker. Our foodplot is in the Ohio River floodplain so we did 4lbs Alice and 4 lbs Alsike (per acre) to deal with the...

Dblree & DH1 - Thanks for the help. I will wait until August to spray roundup and disk and do rye, oats, GHFR, and Alice white clover. For 1/2 the plot I will use Alsike clover instead of Alice White in the section that gets flooded the most to see how it works. Is there anything I could...

Options for flooded out clover I planted 1.5 acres of alice white clover and rye as per your recomendation. My ground is very low bottom along the a creek near the Ohio river that floods EVERY spring usually between late Feb and early April. When the Ohio rises the water flows backward up...

If I buy Alice White clover for frost seeding this winter and bought enough for my September plantings, would it be ok? Or is it a bad idea to have it sit on the shelf for 9 months before planting? How quickly does it go bad if stored? Just trying to save a few bucks in shipping by placing...

Frost Seed Switch Grass in recently plant rye/oats I planted 50 lbs rye, 80 lbs of oats and 5 lbs alice white clover in my field on Sept 20 but did not get rain for 5 weeks. After the rain, the rye and oats have come up and are now 1-2" tall. The field does not have cover on 2 sides and I...

Lack of rain Doubletree, I have been reading your forum for over a year and love it. Thanks for the information. I planted 50 lbs of rye, 80 lbs of oats and 5 lbs of Alice white clover per acre in southern ohio near the ohio river. We have a drought and I planted it on September 19. Our...