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By:
Ollie
Date:27-Nov-17
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We are having very mild weather in southern Iowa this fall and the ground has yet to freeze. I have some bare spots in my clover food plots and am planning to till the soil this coming weekend in selected spots. Should I go ahead and plant the clover seed after rolling the tilled ground or should I wait and frost seed late winter? For whatever reason, frost seeding has worked very poorly for me in the past even when frost seeding onto soil that was tilled a few months prior. Thanks.
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Date:27-Nov-17
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Ollie, Unlike you I have great results with frost seeding, but only in late winter in my KS/MO area. I personally would not till just for risk of exposing more weed seeds for next year. Others will probably differ, but that is just what I have had good results with. GL.
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By:
Hawkeye
Date:27-Nov-17
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Id definitely wait and frost seed this spring (March). If your gun-shy on the frost seeding, try a spring planting (although that can be a train wreck with weeds.) I have great luck frost seeding and also with fall seeding clover. Those are my favorite times.
If you've had poor luck frost seeding could it by chance be the seed?
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By:
drycreek
Date:27-Nov-17
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I've been wondering this very thing. I guess there's no such thing as "frost" seeding here because our ground doesn't freeze unless it's just a couple days at a time and that may only be once in 3/4 years. I have a bag of GRO Mass Builder left and would like to put it somewhere, but I'm not sure I want to disc this late in the year.
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By:
Ollie
Date:28-Nov-17
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I use good quality seed. I typically use Pennington (durana clover) or Antler King (mixed clover varieties). My idea for late fall tilling is that I have some problem weeds where I want to plant and think it would be beneficial to till them under and plant a fresh soil bed rather than leave the weeds alone and then have to spray them in the spring.
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By:
DuckhunterBrad
Date:28-Nov-17
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I have also had great luck frost seeding in late January. I buy all of my seed from welters.
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By:
Swift Arrow
Date:28-Nov-17
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My cattle plant my clover in the pastures for me. Add to loose mineral tub and they do a great job planting and fertilizing all in one process!
