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Post by Sandbur on Jan 31, 2021 9:20:41 GMT -6
In the north country. I have heard it doesn’t bolt .
Would it provide a cheap, summer long feed source?
Has anybody tried it?
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Post by mnfish on Jan 31, 2021 9:24:21 GMT -6
In the north country. I have heard it doesn’t bolt . Would it provide a cheap, summer long feed source? Has anybody tried it? I've been doing it for a couple of years now. I carry over 4-5bushels from fall. Plant it with my other pasture seeds. Works well |
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Post by biglakebass on Jan 31, 2021 9:24:41 GMT -6
I have planted winter rye in the fall, then the next summer when it heads out, mow it down to basically reseed itself. Cant say that there is much if any summer use on it.
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Post by smsmith on Jan 31, 2021 9:28:33 GMT -6
I don't think winter rye would bolt when spring planted. It needs that period of cold weather (vernalization?) in order to become reproductive (bolting)
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Post by chummer16 on Jan 31, 2021 9:53:35 GMT -6
I do it every year. I spread what ever I have left from fall. It does not bolt. It grows into a clump. Come November they eat it to the ground with everything else.
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Post by biglakebass on Jan 31, 2021 10:04:42 GMT -6
doesnt it dry out and go all brown by late summer?
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Post by Sandbur on Jan 31, 2021 10:56:57 GMT -6
I do it every year. I spread what ever I have left from fall. It does not bolt. It grows into a clump. Come November they eat it to the ground with everything else. Is it used during the summer? I am assuming you are in a woods type environment with no alfalfa or clover fields nearby. And no bean fields. |
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Post by chummer16 on Jan 31, 2021 10:58:58 GMT -6
doesnt it dry out and go all brown by late summer? Nope. I very seldom get to 85 degrees and lots of rain but it stays green all year |
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Post by chummer16 on Jan 31, 2021 11:02:02 GMT -6
I do it every year. I spread what ever I have left from fall. It does not bolt. It grows into a clump. Come November they eat it to the ground with everything else. Is it used during the summer? I am assuming you are in a woods type environment with no alfalfa or clover fields nearby. And no bean fields. They may nibble it in summer but not heavily used until October-November. They don’t eat my fall planted rye until then either. I have no ag for miles but I have a 5 acre hay field I keep mowed with lots of goodies in it and probably 2.5 acres of food plots which is usually clover or brassicas. |
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Post by chummer16 on Jan 31, 2021 11:04:28 GMT -6
I should add I am usually spring planting some portion of my plots. That is why I always hold over some seed because you can’t buy it in the spring here. It helps fill in the bare spots while the other stuff grows. I do not like bare dirt.
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Post by Reagan on Jan 31, 2021 11:36:26 GMT -6
I think dipper preached spring planting rye but I may be wrong.
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Post by chummer16 on Jan 31, 2021 12:42:32 GMT -6
I think dipper preached spring planting rye but I may be wrong. He did |
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Post by kooch on Jan 31, 2021 13:07:57 GMT -6
I think dipper preached spring planting rye but I may be wrong. He did The Dipper thread on HT is interesting. |
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