I'll still fertilize personally the clover/chicory (if included) after about a 1/2 a month to a month of green growth and before a rain.
Funny you say that. Our weather has been unseasonably warm and that trend is forecasted to continue for the rest of the week. I didn't want to put the seed out until the weather cools back down. Historically speaking we should get a few more inches of snow.
If just clover and chicory you'd be fine most likely as soil temps shouldn't reach a germ temp quite yet unless this heat wave sticks around. I'm holding off too actually.
I was just thinking of this very topic this past weekend. I'm in NE Indiana and to say it has been a mild winter is an understatement (this past weekend we hit 65 degrees!). I have an established clover plot of about 1 acre, but it needs an over seed. I was going to frost seed this winter but I don't know if we will have frost again at this rate. It is supposed to get back in the 30's this weekend but I doubt it will freeze much. Can I still get away with a "frost" seeding when we may not actually get a frost back into the ground?
I've been working outside in t-shirts the last several days and ran the ac in my pickup several times.
Been warm here too upper 50's and 60" snow gone, that said it is minnesota it is going to snow Friday.
I put some Whitetail institute imperial clover seed down today on the area that I raked and limed the other day. Now what? What should I do next? When should I spray for weed control/fertilize etc?
Soil test? I wouldn't do much other than that till it comes up. One of the best investments I have made was grass control in and around the plot.
Yeah my spring plots were choked out last year and I have no plans on letting that happen again. Thats why I wanted to go this route. I'll be keeping an eye on them. I did a soil test last year and made the neccessary corrections. I guess I could do it again. I appreciate your advise and insight.
