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<blockquote data-quote="Texasmark" data-source="post: 1617544" data-attributes="member: 27848"><p>Reading between the lines on posted planting directions, referrals are to when to plant to get immediate germination, not when to plant so that the seed won't rot in the ground. </p><p></p><p>I had this farm for 40 years, and every time I put steel in the ground I find a new weed/grass that I didn't plant. JG seeds itself in the year it's grown, seed heads are prolific and some will wind up in/on the ground at the end of the growing season. Some of those seeds sprout the next season and some are covered with soil like when fields are prepared for an annual crop like Sorghum-Sudan, and they are too deep to sprout....like over an inch deep. But the next year or 5 years down the road, they may be uncovered to the point where they will sprout that spring.</p><p></p><p>With that said, I will be at my local farm store Monday to order my seed for the year and upon receiving it, it will go into the ground as soon as weather permits. Since we are having a warmer than usual winter and forecast spring, I expect to see plants maybe as early as March whereas usually it's late April, but even then would be just fine.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Texasmark, post: 1617544, member: 27848"] Reading between the lines on posted planting directions, referrals are to when to plant to get immediate germination, not when to plant so that the seed won't rot in the ground. I had this farm for 40 years, and every time I put steel in the ground I find a new weed/grass that I didn't plant. JG seeds itself in the year it's grown, seed heads are prolific and some will wind up in/on the ground at the end of the growing season. Some of those seeds sprout the next season and some are covered with soil like when fields are prepared for an annual crop like Sorghum-Sudan, and they are too deep to sprout....like over an inch deep. But the next year or 5 years down the road, they may be uncovered to the point where they will sprout that spring. With that said, I will be at my local farm store Monday to order my seed for the year and upon receiving it, it will go into the ground as soon as weather permits. Since we are having a warmer than usual winter and forecast spring, I expect to see plants maybe as early as March whereas usually it's late April, but even then would be just fine. [/QUOTE]
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