Fescue seeding

[littletom]

I know it is well after prime time. What is the latest anyone has gone with success? With all this rain i'm running well behind. And poured 3 inchs out of gauge tonight.

 

[kenny thomas]

I frost seed later but my only concern now would be it not getting enough growth before freezing. If i did i would add rye to help protect it

 

[TennesseeTuxedo]

We frost seed clover but I've never tried fescue.

 

[skyhightree1]

This is funny....I was going to ask the same question! I am frustrated because I really wanted to get the fescue seeded.

Kenny, you frost seed fescue? When? Good success? I am worried that if I did something like that I wouldn't get good enough stand before the heat of summer kicked in...thoughts?

Thanks,

Tim

Tim I wouldn't suggest that for this area. I am holding off on planting some new ground till next year. I think we have a frost warning here next week

 

[skyhightree1]

This is funny....I was going to ask the same question! I am frustrated because I really wanted to get the fescue seeded.

Kenny, you frost seed fescue? When? Good success? I am worried that if I did something like that I wouldn't get good enough stand before the heat of summer kicked in...thoughts?

Thanks,

Tim

Tim I wouldn't suggest that for this area. I am holding off on planting some new ground till next year. I think we have a frost warning here next week

Jules, will you seed in spring or fall?

Tim, I plan on planting spring oats then something like pearl millet and doing the fescue in the fall that's when I developed my best stands.

 

[kenny thomas]

I see loggers seeding log decks and log roads all fall and winter. Sometimes just spreading it on bare ground works great. Sometimes not. Whatever you do add a nurse crop of annual rye, wheat, oats, or something.

 

[littletom]

Well i did some last week. And going to just put a regular cover crop of wheat on the the rest next week. I will decide what to do come spring. I have good stands of fescue seeded in spring both worked and no till, and some that flopped just depended on how fast it got hot and dry.

 

[sstterry]

At this late date, I would wait until late Feb or early March to seed Fescue.

 

[BFE]

I did late October last year, 40# each of fescue and wheat. It's thick fescue now. Cousin did similar in August, he has about a half a stand. I wouldn't seed in the spring, always sew grass in a month that ends in R is the standard I've always heard.

 

[Stocker Steve]

I see loggers seeding log decks and log roads all fall and winter. Sometimes just spreading it on bare ground works great. Sometimes not.

The talking heads call this domormate seeding - - when the soil temp is low enough that the seed will not sprout till spring. Not ideal. Better to wait in mamy cases.

 

[BlondeD]

not to derail this entirely, but has anyone worked with the Cajun II.....or other supposedly endophyte free versions in the southeast regions.....??? Fall seeding seems to becoming a later and later possibility also as the frost dates move a bit later.

 

[wbvs58]

I did late October last year, 40# each of fescue and wheat. It's thick fescue now. Cousin did similar in August, he has about a half a stand. I wouldn't seed in the spring, always sew grass in a month that ends in R is the standard I've always heard.

That's when you go crabbing here, the months with an R.

Ken