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<blockquote data-quote="JMJ Farms" data-source="post: 1517561" data-attributes="member: 24583"><p>Here's my experience. Ryegrass won't benefit you till early spring. Cereal rye produces good tonnage. Oats are preferred taste wise but if you have a cold enough winter it will stunt them and possibly kill them. The reason fence is broadcasting and then drilling is because clover seed has to be planted really shallow and even a no till will plant some of it too deep. </p><p></p><p>What I do is no till 1 bushel of oats and 2 bushels of cereal rye along with about 15 pounds of ryegrass per acre in late September or early October. I put these seeds in the regular box. I also plant about 8 pounds of crimson clover and about 5 pounds of arrowleaf clover per acre. I put those in the small seed box. One thing I've found that helps is to unhook my seed tubes for the small seed box and wire them towards the back of the drill so that the clover seed drops directly in front of the press wheels. This helps greatly with not planting them too deep. </p><p></p><p>Another thing is to make sure your grass is dormant before you overseed. Also needs to be a s short as possible. Any competition will hurt your stand. </p><p></p><p>I've never tried it but I've heard of "frosting" pasture with roundup or paraquat (gramaxone, starfire) so as to knock the pasture back before planting. You don't want to kill it, just hurt it so it quits growing.</p><p></p><p>I forgot to add that I'm in Middle Georgia. My strategy may no work exactly the same for you.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JMJ Farms, post: 1517561, member: 24583"] Here’s my experience. Ryegrass won’t benefit you till early spring. Cereal rye produces good tonnage. Oats are preferred taste wise but if you have a cold enough winter it will stunt them and possibly kill them. The reason fence is broadcasting and then drilling is because clover seed has to be planted really shallow and even a no till will plant some of it too deep. What I do is no till 1 bushel of oats and 2 bushels of cereal rye along with about 15 pounds of ryegrass per acre in late September or early October. I put these seeds in the regular box. I also plant about 8 pounds of crimson clover and about 5 pounds of arrowleaf clover per acre. I put those in the small seed box. One thing I’ve found that helps is to unhook my seed tubes for the small seed box and wire them towards the back of the drill so that the clover seed drops directly in front of the press wheels. This helps greatly with not planting them too deep. Another thing is to make sure your grass is dormant before you overseed. Also needs to be a s short as possible. Any competition will hurt your stand. I’ve never tried it but I’ve heard of “frosting” pasture with roundup or paraquat (gramaxone, starfire) so as to knock the pasture back before planting. You don’t want to kill it, just hurt it so it quits growing. I forgot to add that I’m in Middle Georgia. My strategy may no work exactly the same for you. [/QUOTE]
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