I looked at the Sea 90 online. Seems higher than I was thinking. May stop next time in Opp and see how much it is in person. My clovers I am testing this year will be Mihi, Crimson, and Bigbee Berseem. I will plant them with a cover crop of Abruzzi Rye.

Hey turkey_neck......I'm skipping back a page here but that plant in your picture you were asking about I believe is pigweed.

Above two pics from Montgomery County browntop throw and grow.
We have been lucky with rain and results have been great.
Have not been to check Macon County field yet.

That does look nice loprofile....thanks for posting the pics.

Tea Weed (SIDA)

after a month in a pot



After 7 weeks in peat pods

After 7 weeks in 6" pots

Cathead.....It looks like might have a few make it yet.

My caged tea weed is 3-4 ft tall now. The short basket is 4ft tall for reference. It shows the potential of the plant. It may even grow taller than that with more nitrogen. If you look in the background you’ll see that I’m also mowing the field as we speak. I left a little strip down the middle for Otis to hunt around. Several little rabbits came out of the field as I was mowing. I may go ahead and mow the rest this afternoon when it cools off. Most of the vegetation is around knee high and very thick. The ragweed in the field was getting waist high or better.



I wasn’t going to try and double crop it this year as dry as we've been but we’ve finally gotten some substantial rain over the last few days and it looks like we may have more on the way. I figured it would be a good time to mow since the plants will recover quickly now with the good moisture. All the stems you see are ragweed that should put back out some tender growth for the next 6-8 weeks until I get ready to plant my fall plot. This should also make the regrowth much more manageable. I may even try to strictly broadcast and spray this time since my soil surface is in good shape.



An example of the biomass I’m putting down……

A closer look at the strip I left for an idea of how much biomass I was mowing down. It’s so thick that it would have been a boat load to try and mow in another 2 months with the rain we’re now getting.



Bring it on!..........

Stick a fork in it.....It's done.

We've had an good bit of moisture at the camp this summer. Every time I go it friggin rains and cuts my trip short. Everything is growing like crazy. Going to try a mow my three TNM fields down one more time before we spray towards the end of September.

Good deal. I’ve been really dry up until the last week. I’ve gotten a couple showers here and there but just enough to keep things alive. That pattern seems to be changing now though. I haven't measured it but I've been hit with several torrential downpours in the last few days.

Ok, thinking of going this route this year. First year with this property. Only areas I have to plant are sides of roads. Soil looks fairly rocky, however, there is decent grass/weeds growing.

How should I start(what seed to try) and what results are expected (I assume maybe not much the first year)?

Let me make sure I understand, throw seed and fert out and the bush hog. Is it really that simple?

I'm glad I got my fields mowed today. Looks like it's going to be a wet one this week.

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Need a couple of young guys and a couple of bush axe's to trim up those lower limbs. It seems to open it up better to me on those long patches.

Cereal rye would be your best option but if you don't want to use that then go with one of the blends of wheat, oats, rye, clover.....try to time it with a rain event if possible. Results in the first year will depend on your soil conditions and how much thatch you have to cover your seed. You're correct that most folks will have better stands as their soil improves. Good luck. If you have any questions along the way, feel free to post them up. Take some pics as well. We all love some pics.

Looking good!.....I agree with Timbercruiser. It wouldn't hurt to trim the limbs and open it up some more.

Thx