Mark Reynolds
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Woa! slow down! you can plant two annual crops of forage on the same tract of land per year (I know of instances where this is done) but one is a warm season mix and the other is a cool season mix. Don't mix the two. That would be a freight train wreck.Definitely. I'd considered going ahead and planting cool and warm season stuff together in one go if I try this.
From some of the info I've consumed, seems the soil magic happens when you're using 10 or more species. I'd definitely be throwing all kinds of stuff in.
Haven't had the best luck planting stuff here, but haven't had a prepared bed either. It's been drilling into pasture. Not going to try that again, it was pissing money into the wind.
Bed preparation is a definite must. Contact a seed company that can at least tell you the quantities of seed from what species to put together. There is a well known company in the south that does this and if you look up Dave Brandt (he is missed) you will find another company in Ohio.
Planting annuals into an existing stand of perennial grasses for forage is something that can be done and is actually a cost sharable practice with the NRCS right now (CIN 810). Specifically, a mix that I'm seeing used frequently is annual rye, oats, forrage raddish and crimson clover; planted into Bermuda grass